Magic: The Gathering – What Was The Brother's War?
Magic: The Gathering has a storied history, and one of the earliest events is The Brother's War. At the end of the Dominaria United story, Teferi travels back in time to this massive Dominaria event, with the upcoming set The Brothers' War revisiting the war originally told in the novel of the same name.
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The Brother's War was a major conflict on Dominaria that lasted for decades, ending in a way that would reshape the Plane entirely. It pits two brothers against each other, Urza and Mishra, in a feud that would affect every citizen of Dominaria; both during the war itself, and in the aftermath of it.
Urza and Mishra always had a bit of a rivalry, but upon discovering ancient Thran artifacts, they worked together thanks to a shared want to learn more about the civilization.
They eventually wind up at the Caves Of Koilos, where they discover a powerstone within an ancient Thran machine there. However, when the brothers each reach for it, the stone exploded into two, with each brother possessing of one of the halves.
Urza's stone was the Mightstone, named that as it gives power to those near it. Mishra's was the Weakstone, having the opposite effect as the Mightstone. Both of the brothers wanted to get the other's stone, and this caused a fight between the two that would eventually cause another explosion, killing their mentor Tocasia in the process.
Mishra fleed, and he and Urza relocate to other parts of Dominaria. The two brothers still wanted the other's stone, though, starting the rumbling that would soon become the full Brother's War.
Urza moved to Yotia, where he built artifacts and constructs for the Warlord of Yotia, both to win the right to marry his
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