#gor muldrak

[dominarianplowshare]

Fragment of some writing I’m noodling around with—

Many believe that it is an immense task, perhaps an impossible burden, to know all that can be known. This is true. But there is one task harder.

There are scholarly disciplines for every topic on earth, save one, which we will touch on in a moment. Geologists plumb the earth’s hidden depths, whilst geographers array before our eyes the manifold marvels spread across it. Botanists diagram the inner lives of plants, phlebotomists diagnose the infernal flows of blood, physicists master the manner of the cosmos, and physicians manage the mortalities of our bodily matter. And this is to say nothing of the magical arts! Allomancy, cryomancy, pyromancy, illusionism, duplimancy, hieromancy, keuranomancy, mimeomancy, lumimancy, oneiromancy, necromancy, thaumaturgy, viromancy—a mere triskadecaton of the manifold numerosities found in the study of magic, most of all our native Shandalar, infused as it is with our native magics.

But whether we name sciences of the body or earth, alchemies of fluid and chemicalism, or magics of ice, flame, death, or light—in all these disparate sciences we may grasp a common thread weaving amidst the chaos, which is this: the vocation of unveiling, that is to say of making the unknown known.

But I invite you to imagine the reverse. Can there be such a science as makes the known unknown? That is to say, a science that mystifies that which we take without faith, that clouds those sunny days of our intellect, that casts over our knowledge a pall of obscurity and allows us to know nothing but this: that our world is not what we believe it to be?

Such is the science I propose to you. Such is cryptohistory.

[inventors-fair]

Blending your History: Hybrid Legend Entries ~

@bergdg — Tajic, Obzedat Champion @corporalotherbear — Glissa, Flame of Evolution @cthulhusaurusrex — Teysa, Envoy of Law @curiooftheheart — Gaddock Teeg, Paranoid Cenn @damndroid — Adrix, Unparalleled Genius @edenzom — Liesa, Vengeful Valkrie @feyd-rautha-apologist — Reyhan, the Dragonslayer @grornt — Vhati en-Dal @helloijustreadyourpost — Zegana, Conclave Visionary @horsecrash — Sythis, Havoc's Hand @hypexion — Feather, the Fallen @izzet-always-r-versus-u — Winota, Martial Force @kalinary — Etrata, the Consumption @maypletreeway — Gor Muldrak, Trailblazer @misterstingyjack — Vargus, Wrathful Raider @nine-effing-hells — Kruphix, God of Whispers @real-aspen-hours — Zimone, Pyrotechnician @spooneater457 — Tolsimir, Bane of the Conclave @stareyedesper — Dack, Enduring Scoundrel @tanknspank — Kaseto, Orochi Maverick @wildcardgamez — Killian, Memory Mage @yourrightfulking — Geralf and Gisa, Tragic Siblings

Awesome entries, folks!

[mundanesalad]

Making a Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist deck with the theme of "Salamander Fight Club." I wanted to make a bunch of silly tokens to pass out for it. I'll probably make more.

[gemthegerm]

Gor Muldrak and The Mimeoplasm

Idea: March of the Machine teamups but based on how it is in the promotional art: People from different planes working together.

Dina and Vannifar maybe? Satoru and Tetsuko?

[overgrown-estate]

Just thinking about the current Magic story arc and I really wish MTG would visit Shandalar in a premier set.

[xantchaslegacy]

[planeswalker-umbral]

Commander Legends references pt. 6/11

[blog-for-blogs-sake]

It was also one of the planes revisited over and over in core sets for a few years. The humanoid slivers that people got upset about many years ago are on Shandalar.

The Chain Veil was created by the Onakke on Shandalar, and that's where Liliana got it.

Shandalar also shows up in commander products from time to time. Gor Muldrak and the Amphin he studies are on Shandalar.

And yeah, it was the setting of the Microprose Magic the Gathering PC game.

This is round 1 of the Battle of the Planes! Polls for the other round 1 match ups are up as well.

[littjara-mirrorlake]

im begging you guys to read part 1 of the legendary descriptions from CMR because i fuckin love them

i was like,,, right about amareth!!!! woahhh!! i would love to be her friend ;-;;; also amareth is autistic like me and that’s canon because i said so

*looks at hal, and then at alena* ...are they, yknow, partners in work and life

i love how gor’s description is just him rambling about the amphin

holyshitholyshitholyshit kediss is the cutest thing i’ve ever seen they’re so friend-shaped o m g i want to cuddle them

KESKIT’S ENTIRE PERSONALITY IS SIMPING FOR SHEOLDRED THAT’S SUCH A MOOD i hope he and sheoldred are ok

krark the thumbless omg

i have a new headcanon: malcolm and breeches gay

with nymris, my list of dimirs who exist solely to inconvenience people grows ever longer

[magicartcodex]

Gor Muldrak, amphinologue 

Lore :

Les amphes, une race d’humanoïdes amphibiens vit en paix depuis des générations dans les profondeurs océaniques, mais leurs nombres sont en expansion constante, et leurs temples-cavernes d’ammonite ne peuvent plus contenir leur population devenue trop importante. Les prêtres amphes ont pour objectif d’atteindre la côte de Shandalar, et leurs chasseurs se préparent pour la guerre. Pendant ce temps, leurs mnémomages se sont infiltrés dans les égouts de toutes les villes majeures. Ils ont utilisé leurs pouvoirs de contrôle mental pour effacer toute connaissance de l’existence des amphes des esprits humains. L’absence quasi-universelle de savoir concernant les amphes dans toutes les universités d’Ardestan à Lesh est à la fois la preuve de leur puissance et de leurs mauvaises intentions.

—Gor Muldrak, Cryptohistoires

[dragongirltitties]

What commander decks do you have?

from memory:

Jodah Superfriends

Kenrith Group Hug/Chaos

Borborygmos Enraged

Ich-Techik / Akiri Golems

Thrasios & Tymna Control

Gor Muldrak anti-salamanders

grixis steal things

gyome food

heartless hidetsugu

alesha reanimator

awaken the blood avatar tokens

syr gwyn knights/equipment

maelstrom wanderer big slappy

moritte clone tribal

i also have Reyhan + Ravos +1/+1 counters and Vadrok <=3 MV spells, but those are both on the chopping block

[vorthosjay]

Are the Amphin actually a threat to Shandalar or is Gor Muldrak just a nutter?

The implication is yes, but we don’t really know. They like their privacy

[markrosewater]

If any particular commander from Commander Legends becomes extremely popular and a fan favorite (like Gor Muldrak from Shandalar, or Siani from Tarkir) would that have any influence on a plane's position on the Rabiah Scale?

The popularity of a single creature would have little influence on us choosing to set a world there.

[mtg-realm]

Magic: the Gathering - SALAMANDERS !

The amphin are a race of lanky, shrewd, partially aquatic humanoids on Shandalar who can dwell either in the briny depths or in the overgrown shallows.

The amphin have long built their society in secret. While surface dwellers squabbled over trivial borders, they patiently expanded, building their ammonite temple-caves. Now amphin priests eye the shore, and amphin hunters gird for war. — Gor Muldrak, Cryptohistories

• Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist, illustrated by Steven Belledin • Amphin Mutineer, illustrated by Nicholas Gregory • Salamander Warrior creature token, illustrated by J.P. Targete

[bacejelerenvorthos]

The Lore of Commander Legends: Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

“The amphin, a race of amphibious humanoids, have lived peacefully for generations in the depths of the seas, but their numbers have expanded, and their ammonite temple-caves can no longer hold their burgeoning numbers. The amphins' priests have set their sights upon Shandalar's shorelines, and their hunters have girded themselves for war. Meanwhile their mnemomages have infiltrated the sewers of each of the major cities. They have used their mind control powers to erase all knowledge of the amphins' existence from the minds of humanity. The near-universal ignorance of the amphin in every major university from Ardestan to Lesh is simultaneously evidence of the amphins' power, and of their nefarious intent.

—Gor Muldrak, Cryptohistories”

Art by Steven Belledin

[mtgbracket]

Round of 1024 - Batch 10

Some heavy hitters in this one - including Griselbrand and Kiki-Jiki!  Plus Ob Nixilis, Thassa, Gerrard, and more.

Voting is available now for one week right here.

The full list of matchups:

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist vs Daryl, Hunter of Walkers Sheoldred, Whispering One vs Massacre Girl Syr Alin, the Lion's Claw vs Ob Nixilis, Unshackled Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens vs Djeru, With Eyes Open

Neheb, the Worthy vs Merieke Ri Berit Aphemia, the Cacophony vs Nethroi, Apex of Death Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord vs Alexi, Zephyr Mage Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero vs Zuberi, Golden Feather

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre vs Starke of Rath Jenara, Asura of War vs Gyruda, Doom of Depths Vorel of the Hull Clade vs Zegana, Utopian Speaker Sapling of Colfenor vs Sengir, the Dark Baron

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge vs Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage Sir Shandlar of Eberyn vs Zhang He, Wei General Meloku the Clouded Mirror vs Krav, the Unredeemed Skyfire Kirin vs Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker vs Hallar, the Firefletcher Kaervek, the Spiteful vs Akiri, Fearless Voyager Thassa, God of the Sea vs Amareth, the Lustrous Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer vs Rorix Bladewing

Griselbrand vs Sigarda, Host of Herons Huang Zhong, Shu General vs Captain Lannery Storm Azami, Lady of Scrolls vs Inniaz, the Gale Force Tuktuk the Explorer vs Erayo, Soratami Ascendant

Barrin, Tolarian Archmage vs The Prismatic Piper Dragonlord Kolaghan vs Sun Ce, Young Conquerer Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar vs Ishkanah, Grafwidow Kaho, Minamo Historian vs Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient

Brimaz, King of Oreskos vs Linvala, the Preserver Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor vs Chainer, Nightmare Adept Polukranos, Unchained vs Seshiro the Anointed Roon of the Hidden Realm vs Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei