Tocasia
| Tocasia | |
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| Species | Human |
| Job | Artificer |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Argive, Terisiare, Dominaria |
| Lifetime | Time of Legends |
| Born | Before -30 AR |
| Death | 20 AR (aged 50 years or older) |
| Sources | |
| Antiquities War, The Brothers' War | |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
Tocasia was an archeologist from Argive on Dominaria to whom both Urza and Mishra were apprenticed as youths.[1]
Description
Tocasia was known to lead with honesty and integrity.[2]
Biography
Tocasia taught Urza and Mishra the basics of artifice and helped them learn of the Thran. An artificer in her own right, Tocasia invented the grapeshot catapult and the Onulet.[3] She also accompanied them on the fateful journey to Koilos, when they discovered the Mightstone and the Weakstone. It was she who first noted the rising animosity between them after this trip.
She tried to get both brothers to hand the stones to her, a neutral third party, so she could examine them without their arguing, but neither trusted her, each believing she would give the stone to his brother. This distrust and anger reached critical mass one night when each Brother used his stone to attack the other. This would become their Brotherhood's End. Tocasia stepped between the stones, trying to stop the fight. Both brothers lost concentration and an explosion took place, which killed Tocasia. Mishra fled, and the excavation camp fell apart without Tocasia's influence.
Alternate reality
According to the flavor text of Primal Plasma, she was a elementalist in the alternate reality introduced in Planar Chaos.
Behind the scenes
Tocasia's name is an anagram of Iocasta, mother of Oedipus.[4]
Gallery
Story appearances
| Title | Author | Publishing date | Set | Setting (plane) | Featuring |
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| Antiquities War | Kathy Ice | May 1994 | Antiquities | Dominaria | Ildria Caldos, Farsa Tashiir, Urza, Mishra, Tocasia, Tawnos, Qadir, Ashnod, Drafna, Hurkyl |
| Antiquities War #1-4 | Jerry Prosser | Nov 1995 - Feb 1996 | Antiquities | Dominaria, Phyrexia | Tocasia, Urza, Mishra, Warlord of Kroog, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Qadir, Tawnos, Ashnod, Morath (mentioned), Jarsyl (mentioned) |
| The Brothers' War | Jeff Grubb | May 1998 | Antiquities | Dominaria | Urza, Mishra, Tawnos, Ashnod, Tocasia, Loran, Bly, Ahmahl, Richlau, Havack, Rahud, Hajar, Kantar, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Warlord of Kroog, Maurik, Qadir, Gix, Sharaman, Rendall, Sanwell, Harbin, Jarin, Feldon, the Archimandrite, Drafna, Hurkyl, Martyrs of Korlis, Gwenna, Melana, Doril, Thaxus, Titania, Jarsyl |
| Inside Dominaria | Daneen McDermott & Scott McGough | June 1999 | Urza's Legacy | Dominaria | Teferi, Jhoira, Ertai, Barrin, Rayne, Tocasia, Urza, Mishra, Sisay, Hanna |
In-game references
- Represented in:
- Associated cards:
- Depicted in:
- Quoted or referred to:
- Brotherhood's End
- Giant Cindermaw
- Grapeshot Catapult (Antiquities)
- Loran, Disciple of History
- Mesmeric Orb
- Mightstone (Antiquities)
- Mishra's Workshop (Antiquities)
- Onulet (Antiquities)
- Ornithopter (Antiquities)
- Ornithopter
- Overwhelming Remorse
- Primal Plasma
- Su-Chi (Antiquities)
- Universal Automaton
- Urza's Factory (Time Spiral)
- Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
- Urza's Workshop
- Weakstone (Antiquities)
References
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (1998). The Brothers' War. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kathy Ice (1994), "The Brothers' War". The Duelist Supplement, May 1994.
- ↑ Flavor texts of Grapeshot Catapult (Antiquities) and Onulet (Antiquities)
- ↑ Allen Varney (1995). "Words of Magic"