Su-chi
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| Origin | Great Desert, Terisiare, Dominaria |
| Creator | The Thran |
| Status | Unknown |
Artifacts known as Su-chi were artificial creatures created by Tocasia based on old Thran relics and broken pieces she found in the Great Desert. The first item she found was a skull carrying a cracked powerstone, but after Urza and Mishra joined her camp, she found several more remnants and almost complete specimens. Their legs were digitigrade - backwards-bending like anthropomorphic animals, which Tocasia pondered if the Thran may have been something other than humans.
History
The Su-chi were created by the Thran.
Millennia later, Tocasia found scraps and remnants of Su-chi, and eventually recreated them.
In 20 AR, when she and the brothers found Koilos and split the powerstone, they were attacked by a squad of su-chi cave guards.[1]
In 3307 AR, there were Su-chi on display in the Hall of Artifact Creatures at the Tolarian Academy.
10 years later, Urza rescued many operable pieces of these Su-chi in the wake of the Tolarian Temporal Disaster. He used the remnants to construct five new Su-Chi units that were designed to perform the heavy tasks of the construction projects during the rebuilding of the school. When K'rrik's Phyrexian forces invaded, Barrin activated them as part of the academy's defenses.[2]
Tolarian Su-chi warriors were used as late as the Phyrexian Invasion in 4205 AR, where they participated in the Battle of Koilos.[3]
In-game references
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Trivia
- "Su" and "chi" are the Mandarin and Taiwanese words for "four".[4] It's a 4/4 creature that costs four mana to summon, and if it goes to the graveyard you get four mana.
References
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (1998) The Brothers' War. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 978-0786911707.
- ↑ J. Robert King (1999) Time Streams. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 978-0786913442.
- ↑ J. Robert King (2000) Invasion, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 978-0786914388.
- ↑ Allen Varney. "Words of Magic: Stories behind the words and names on Magic cards". Retrieved on April 10, 2025.