Tolvada
| Tolvada | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| First seen | War of the Spark: Forsaken (mentioned only) |
| Last seen | March of the Machine |
| Planeswalkers | Kaya Cassir |
| Rabiah Scale | 10[1][Note 1] |
| Status | Recovering from the New Phyrexian Invasion |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
Tolvada is a plane and the homeworld of Kaya.[2]
Description
For years, Tolvada's blue sky had been covered with cracks resembling an inverted and jagged aurora.[3][4] Kaya suspected Nicol Bolas had a hand in this phenomenon, and he offered to restore the sky in exchange for her services.[3]
Kaya is descended from a noble family of the plane. Kaya sometimes swore by "the goddess", which may have been a deity from Tolvada.[2] The phrase "gods and monsters" that she usually used also presumably traced back to her home plane.[5]
History
Phyrexian Invasion
Tolvada was one of the planes subject to the New Phyrexian Invasion, though Kaya was not known to have participated in its defense, having been seen on Theros and Kamigawa instead. The plane's spirits poured through omenpaths from the plane's broken sky phenomenon to attack the Invasion Tree,[6] while the plane's dead rose to join the invaders.[7]
BOOM! comics
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Boom! canon “No, it’s not quite as simple as ‘point and boom,’ but if you must summarize.”
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In the BOOM! comics continuity, The Broken Sky seemed to have driven the inhabitants of the plane madder and madder each passing day, and Kaya believes her people can’t be saved anymore.[8]
Inhabitants
Locations
- The small village Kaya was born into, with a population of less than 100.
- Keru, a place inhabited by "The Ancients".[2]
- Keru's Grave[2]
- Lake Keru - about the same size as the lava pit in Ravnica's Rix Maadi.[9]
Planeswalker visitors
Native
Visitors
In-game references
- Associated cards:
- Referred to:
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 26, 2020). "Gobakhan and Tolvada on the Rabiah Scale". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Greg Weisman (November 2019). "War of the Spark: Forsaken". Del Rey.
- ↑ a b Django Wexler (July 31, 2019), The Gathering Storm, Chapter Eight.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 24, 2023). "Choosing Your Battles, Part 3". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Seanan McGuire (January 9, 2024) "Shadows of Regret: The DVD Extras"
- ↑ The Broken Sky
- ↑ Ichor Shade
- ↑ Jed MacKay (2021). Magic (BOOM! comic). Issue 3.
- ↑ Greg Weisman (April 2019). "War of the Spark: Ravnica". Del Rey.
Notes
- ↑ Mark Rosewater justified this rating on the basis that Tolvada was destroyed, when it was still intact, albeit unstable. When this was later pointed out to him, he acknowledged that he may have based his rating on material that had changed since he last saw it.