Ur-Drago

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Not to be confused with Ur-Dragon.
Ur-Drago
Information
Colors Blue manaBlack mana
Species Elemental
Birth, Life & Death
Birthplace Dominaria
Lifetime Ice Age-War with Phyrexia
Born Created c. 2600 AR, resummoned in 4077 AR
Death Killed in 3336 AR, banished to the Abyss in 4077 AR

Ur-Drago was a legendary Elemental of Dominaria.

Description

Named after the Ur-Dragon[1], this horrible creature concealed its face behind a curved mask. Its hands and feet were said to end in scorpion-like pincers, and it needed neither to breathe nor to eat, only to kill.[2] He is covered with living rock.[3]

Ur-Drago had a hulking shape with spiraling horns, hooves for feet, a body encased in a tortoiseshell, dangling arms ending in pincers, and a mane of snow behind a somber mask that was once golden but now tarnished and stained with rust.[1]

History

According to the legends of the cat warriors of Scarwood, the monstrous Ur-Drago was created by the planeswalker Terrent Amese around 2600 AR by merging a giant tortoise, a white-maned horse, and a black bull. This was done to punish Ojanen and his people for their perceived betrayal. The original Ojanen took on the beast in one-on-one combat in the halls of the Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale while the tribe fled Scarwood in what would be known as the exodus. The result of the duel between the two champions of Terrent Amese would remain a mystery for generations, before Jedit Ojanen was magically transported to this crucial point in time and defeated Ur-Drago himself.[4][1]

Although Ur-Drago appeared to have been killed in his battle with Jedit, it was summoned again by the troll wizard Leechnip in 4077 AR. Leechnip was part of Towser's army of evil wizards who attacked on Greensleeves' Grove in the Whispering Woods. At the cost of heavy casualties, including Alina, Bly, and Petalia, Greensleeves was successful in banishing the elemental to the Abyss.[5]

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
Final Sacrifice Clayton Emery May 1995 N/A Dominaria Gurias, Tobias, Greensleeves, Gwendlyn Di Corci (mentioned), Kwam, Tybalt, Immugio, Knothead, Gull, Helki, Holleb, Chundachynnowyth, Lily, Caleria (mentioned), Muliya, Petalia, Hyacinthe, Chaney, Bly, Doris, Haakon, Dacian, Ragnar (mentioned), Towser, Fabia, Dwen, Thunderhead, Karli, Ludoc, Leechnip, Sparrow Hawk, Donahue, Varrius, Jayne, Ermine, Uxmal, Nazarius, Stiggur, Kamee, Egg Sucker, Adun Oakenshield (mentioned), Daru, Dionne, Ribbons, Neith, Ur-Drago, Alina, Caltha, Kuni, Micka, Cerise, Dela, Liko, Miko, Ix, Prane, Wichasta, Perceval, Boris Devilboon (mentioned), Skywatcher, Thundersong, Snowbeast, Moonbeam, Axelrod Gunnarson (mentioned), Sweet, Quetoxl, Jacques le Vert (mentioned), Lady Evangela (mentioned), Marhault Elsdragon (mentioned), Stangg (mentioned), Tobias Andrion (mentioned), Hannah, Ezno, Dasha, Amissa, Nashira, Jotham
Hazezon Clayton Emery August 2002 Legends Dominaria Jedit Ojanen, Taurion, Kyenou, Heath, Echo, Badger, Murdoch, Adira Strongheart, Hazezon Tamar, Wilemina, Johan, Terrent Amese (mentioned), Lady Caleria (mentioned), Wullab, Paxton, Silva, Sethrida, Ash-May-Ruf, Ash-May-Aran, Hands, Vicia, Lorens, Chal, Hadag, Thunderhands, Ur-Drago, Ramirez DePietro, Rikki, Tor Wauki the Elder, Princess Lucrezia (mentioned), Al-abara (mentioned), Steppan, Nevlin, Master of the Hunt, Wynona, Lola, Livia, Dody, Parton, Hestia, Musata, Nax, Noddel, Tarke, Rorran, Manda, Michi, Nida, Kordag, Grapter

In-game references

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References

  1. a b c Clayton Emery. (2002.) Hazezon, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-2792-5.
  2. Magic the Gathering: Calendar 1997.
  3. Ethan Fleischer (August 23, 2022). "I led the design process for the box toppers". Twitter.
  4. Legend of Jedit Ojanen
  5. Clayton Emery (1995) - Final Sacrifice, HarperPrism.