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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BATTLE FINALE

We've reached the end of the road, folks! It's been an absolute slobberknocker from start to finish, but we finally have two towering titans standing at the top of the pile!

As is always tradition for my brackets, we're not doing a separate post. Let's get this going right here!

On one side, we have Vraska, Golgari Queen. This card shows Vraska at the height of her power. Fresh from her escape from Ixalan, this Vraska is leader of the Golgari and sitting at the tables of power in Ravnica. Her ultimate represents her ability to effect events, finally, directly, for the first (and some would say last) time in her life... or perhaps, her life so far, as some may say.

On the other, we have Sarkhan, Unbroken, also representing himself at the height of his strength. Once an aimless warrior and a planeswalker under the thumb of Nicol Bolas, this Sarkhan has fought through time itself and changed the course of history, bringing back dragons back to Tarkir when they were once extinct (whether that is good or bad is up to you). His ultimate fully reflects that, bringing to the battlefield every single dragon at his disposal to rain down fire (and lightning and light and so on and so forth) onto his foes.

Now, months of waiting have brought these two mighty warriors to blows. Who wins? Who falls? As always, gang, that's up to you!

One more time! Let's do this!

MAKE! YOUR! CHOICE!

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THE MAGIC THE GATHERING PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

It's finally here, gang! Welcome to the Magic Planeswalker Ultimate Bracket! We are gonna see whose ultimate ability (aka the most expensive one) is the favoured among Tumblr!

Now, I thought about it a lot, and here's what I want you to have in your minds for your criteria: what ability is worth your investment? You paid the mana, you waited for however many turns... which ability makes you glad you put in the resources you did to get there?

As for how I selected the entrants, I went to EDHREC and pulled up the 64 top planeswalkers (no flipwalkers, sorry) and ranked them by popularity and used PrintYourBrackets to set up the matchups. It may not be perfect, but dang, I can't argue with those matchups! Really diverse!

Also? You may notice that this is coming out a bit late in the day (sorry east coast peeps). Simply put, I'm a little low energy lately, so... eight at a time this time? ... eight at a time this time.

Here's the breakdown!

Narset, Parter of Veils vs. Kaya, Geist Hunter

Calix, Destiny's Hand vs. Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Vraska, Golgari Queen vs. Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

Garruk, Primal Hunter vs. Nissa, Vital Force

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries vs. Ajani, Sleeper Agent

Chandra, Torch of Defiance vs. Aminatou, the Fateshifter

Kaya the Inexorable vs. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs

Nicol Bolas, Dragon God vs. Vraska, Relic Seeker

I gotta feeling this is gonna be great, guys! Let's have some fun!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BATTLE!

... oh my god, I hit Ctrl+Z ONCE and it blanked everything I wrote. FUUUUUUUCKING Tumblr!

Oko got creamed, Nick v. Nick was WAY too close. Here are your bouts. I'm gonna leave town for the weekend. Ugh.

Calix, Destiny's Hand vs. Vraska, Golgari Queen

Chandra, Torch of Defiance vs. Nicol Bolas, Dragon God

Venser, the Sojourner vs. Teferi, Master of Time

Daretti, Scrap Savant vs. Grist, the Hunger Tide

Dihada, Binder of Wills vs. Sarkhan, Unbroken

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh vs. Ral Zarek

Kiora, the Crashing Wave vs. Vraska, the Unseen

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon vs. Garruk, Cursed Huntsman

Vote! Share! Comment with opinions! Do the things!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

Welcome to week three, gang!

Phew! Sorry for the delays. BRAIN FUN. This is gonna get done, and not due to gritted teeth, but because this is FUN and I love seeing the discourse. You guys are great!

Now, as to last week, we had some folks get the taste slapped out of their mouth and some... well, there really was only one that was close. :P But we're having some great matchups and some of this week's are suuuuuuuuper spicy!

Here are the brackets!

Oko, Thief of Crowns vs. Tamiyo, Compleated Sage

Dihada, Binder of Wills vs. Tezzeret, the Seeker

Elspeth, Sun's Champion vs. Wrenn and Six

Sarkhan Unbroken vs. Kaito Shizuki

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh vs. Ugin, the Ineffable

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker vs. Wrenn and Seven

Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord vs. Narset of the Ancient

Tamiyo, Field Researcher vs. Ral Zarek

Be sure to reblog these bad boys! And if you see any errors or goofs that I can change, lemme know and I'll fix it right away!

Have a great week!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET QUARTERFINALS!

Yes, I filled in Ral's field last and didn't unselect it. No, I'm not going back to correct it. :P

We're getting near the end of this long road, gang! Speaking of Ral Zarek, he beat out the second to last Nicol Bolas on this list! I was starting to think that one would definitely go the distance (and he definitely beat out a favourite planeswalker who is also the last of the Lorwyn Five to fall), but we'll see how it shakes out!

Here are the bouts!

Vraska, Golgari Queen vs. Nicol Bolas, Dragon God

Venser, the Sojourner vs. Daretti, Scrap Savant

Sarkhan, Unbroken vs. Ral Zarek

Vraska, the Unseen vs. Ugin the Spirit Dragon

Happy voting!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

We're almost home, gang! The last four (wow... unique!) entrants are gearing up to battle to get to the final fight! All the fights were neck and neck (save one appropriate curbstomping) and now we've got two phenomenal brawls to anticipate!

Here are the bouts!

Vraska, Golgari Queen vs. Venser, the Sojourner

Sarkhan, Unbroken vs. Ugin the Spirit Dragon

Get voting, get reblogging, and get hype! It's the semifinals! Woo!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

Things progress apace!

We got eight winners on our left side (plenty of blowouts, but a couple of squeakers too) and now another eight battles are about to commence! We got Spider-Dragon pointing at Spider-Dragon, nerds, someone who got usurped from the friend group, and so much more!

Here are the bouts!

Oko, Thief of Crowns vs. Dihada, Binder of Wills

Elspeth, Sun's Champion vs. Sarkhan, Unbroken

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh vs. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Narset of the Ancient Way vs. Ral Zarek

Kiora, the Crashing Wave vs. Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset

Vraska, the Unseen vs. Dack Fayden

Ugin the Spirit Dragon vs. Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Garruk, Cursed Huntsman vs. Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Share these bad boys around! Thanks!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

"Okay! Let's see how much Kaito is kicking the crap out of Sarkha-... ... ... yeah, @bace-jeleren needs to talk to her followers, good lord..."

Murders. That's what this section was, gang. Every. Single. Fight. Was a landslide. The closest margin was literally 60/40! That is BRUTAL! Poor Kaito lost his match BADLY (although, seriously, Bace, that poll got the most votes of ANY poll I've created EVER, so thanks for the help!) and Wrenn got beaten TWICE in the same bracket. Brutal! Just... just brutal. o_o

... well, here's more blood, gang! Here's this week's bracket!

Ashiok, Dream Render vs. Kiora, The Crashing Wave

Teferi, Who Slows The Sunset vs. Geyadrone Dihada

Nissa, Who Shakes The World vs. Vraska the Unseen

Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner vs. Dack Fayden

Liliana, Dreadhorde General vs. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria vs. Tyvar Kell

Xenagos, the Reveler vs. Garruk, Cursed Huntsman

Saheeli, Sublime Artificer vs Vivien, Monster's Advocate

Appreciate all the love, guys! Keep it coming! Spread this around and be sure to let me know if I need to tweak anything! Thanks!

And don't forget...

Next week... it's whittled down to 32!

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THE MAGIC THE GATHERING PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

"Ugh, I'm so tired... I need to get my main post for round two up, but I can barely keep my eyes open... I've got all the battles saved, I'll just do it in the morning..."

"... wait... how did someone comment on the 3feri vs. Freyalise battle...? CRAP I HIT QUEUE INSTEAD OF DRAFT ON THAT ONE"

Welcome to round 2, everybody! We had a great first round, with some tight fights and some absolute outright curbstompings. I gotta feeling this field of eight is gonna be equally as fascinating to watch.

Here are the battles!

Teferi, Time Raveler vs. Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury

Dakkon, Shadow Slayer vs. Venser, the Sojourner

Teferi, Master of Time vs. Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

Domri, Anarch of Bolas vs. Narset Transcendent

Ajani, the Greathearted vs. Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Daretti, Scrap Savant vs. Liliana, Death's Majesty

Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge vs. Grist, the Hunger Tide

Ral, Storm Conduit vs. Nissa, Steward of Elements

Have fun, gang!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET, SEMIFINALS!

A fascinating battle from a lore perspective! Sarkhan is the reason Ugin is alive today! Will he take him out of the world of the living as well with his army of dragons? Or will Ugin hit the jackpot? That's your call!

Make your choice!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET QUARTERFINALS!

Remember when Sarkhan dallied with being Temur? Yeah... good times. Let's see if dumping every dragon in your deck onto the field is any good when you can't attack for five turns in a row.

Make your choice!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET, FIELD OF 32!

... is it weird that a character called Grist doesn't mill? The literal definition of the word is "grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding". IT'S WHAT YOU MILL. I dunno. That always bugged me.

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Have fun, Ral!

Make your choice!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET!

We're down to 32 combatants, gang! Last week had some good bouts and some complete creamings, but at the end of the day, we got some real good fights going!

This week, we're gonna do one side at a time, so left bank of bouts goes first! Here are the battles!

Kaya, Geist Hunter vs Calix, Destiny's Hand

Vraska, Golgari Queen vs Garruk, Primal Hunter

Ajani, Sleeper Agent vs Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Kaya, the Inexorable vs Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God

Teferi, Time Raveler vs Venser, the Sojourner

Teferi, Master of Time vs Narset Transcendent

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools vs Daretti, Scrap Savant

Grist, the Hunger Tide vs Ral, Storm Conduit

Happy voting! Don't forget to share!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET, ROUND THREE OF FOUR!

It's a battle of wits between the most mentally stable Sarkhan ever and @bace-jeleren's husbando! (Seriously, check out Bace's art, it's phenomenal.)

Make your choice!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET QUARTERFINALS!

For a dead guy, Venser is sure hanging in there, cuz it's not easy to take out Teferi twice! Can he stand against the junk-flinging gobbo and make it to the semis? I wanna know!

Make your choice!

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THE MAGIC PLANESWALKER ULTIMATE BRACKET, SEMIFINALS!

No matter what happens, a finalist's name will end with a V.

We've got Vraska's immediate threat to your victory versus Venser's slow and methodical annihilation of your boardstate! Which will take the prize? It's up to you!

Make your choice!