I recently came upon a passage in the “Planeswalker” book, the second one from the Artifacts cycle, that suggests Urza may have been on Earth!
Late in the story, Urza and his Phyrexian companion Xantcha end up in Serra realm. When they finally planeswalk out of it, and I quote:
"Their first natural world was a tiny, airless moon circling another world that appeared to be one vast blue-green ocean, though Urza says otherwise."
Could this be our Moon? Could this be planet Earth?
It would be perfectly natural for someone who has never seen Earth before to assume it has a vast blue-green ocean. On top of that Urza corrects that notion, so he knows that the planet is not just an ocean, probably because he was there before.
Obviously, this is only speculation, but it got me wondering.
Did anyone from Wizards, or the author of the book ever said anything about this? Did they placed Earth in the Multiverse in this story?
Keep in mind that life bearing worlds would look like that -- lots of water and plants/
Kamigawa, Ixalan, and DOminaria would look like that. Even mirrodin and Ravnica in their earlier years.
It's entirely possible that's it's earth, or it could just be "random world with carbon and water based life forms #12579058".
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Keep in mind that life bearing worlds would look like that -- lots of water and plants/
Kamigawa, Ixalan, and DOminaria would look like that. Even mirrodin and Ravnica in their earlier years.
It's entirely possible that's it's earth, or it could just be "random world with carbon and water based life forms #12579058".
You know what would be neat? If we actually saw a plane that was like one of the inhospitable planets in our Solar System.
A Mars-like plane that requires magical protection to not die to the elements would be different, and it would help to highlight how diverse the multiverse is.
Keep in mind that life bearing worlds would look like that -- lots of water and plants/
Kamigawa, Ixalan, and DOminaria would look like that. Even mirrodin and Ravnica in their earlier years.
It's entirely possible that's it's earth, or it could just be "random world with carbon and water based life forms #12579058".
True, but this particular world with blue and green colors also has a moon circling it, an airless kind of moon. I can also add that this moon in the book also has solid ground. Urza creates an underground cave in there with breathable air where Xantcha can survive and they stay there for a while.
So, it's four things it has in common with the Earth and the Moon, not just one.
True, but this particular world with blue and green colors also has a moon circling it, an airless kind of moon. I can also add that this moon in the book also has solid ground.
This is true of most moons we've discovered in the universe, as well as most moons in fiction.
Keep in mind that life bearing worlds would look like that -- lots of water and plants/
Kamigawa, Ixalan, and DOminaria would look like that. Even mirrodin and Ravnica in their earlier years.
It's entirely possible that's it's earth, or it could just be "random world with carbon and water based life forms #12579058".
True, but this particular world with blue and green colors also has a moon circling it, an airless kind of moon. I can also add that this moon in the book also has solid ground. Urza creates an underground cave in there with breathable air where Xantcha can survive and they stay there for a while.
So, it's four things it has in common with the Earth and the Moon, not just one.
Just how many moons do you know of that have an atmosphere? Endor is an outlier, not the norm.
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"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
Keep in mind that life bearing worlds would look like that -- lots of water and plants/
Kamigawa, Ixalan, and DOminaria would look like that. Even mirrodin and Ravnica in their earlier years.
It's entirely possible that's it's earth, or it could just be "random world with carbon and water based life forms #12579058".
True, but this particular world with blue and green colors also has a moon circling it, an airless kind of moon. I can also add that this moon in the book also has solid ground. Urza creates an underground cave in there with breathable air where Xantcha can survive and they stay there for a while.
So, it's four things it has in common with the Earth and the Moon, not just one.
Just how many moons do you know of that have an atmosphere? Endor is an outlier, not the norm.
Saturn's moon Titan has a thick atmosphere, but generally moons have thin or non-existent atmospheres.
Fair enough, but all the characteristics described in the book also match with Earth, and in the realm of fantasy the things that are unlikely in real life tend to be more likely in that domain.
So, some of the many questions we can ask now are: Would it make sense for Earth to be part of the MTG Multiverse? How weird would it be to have a Magic set staged on Earth? What could it be like?
Fair enough, but all the characteristics described in the book also match with Earth, and in the realm of fantasy the things that are unlikely in real life tend to be more likely in that domain.
So, some of the many questions we can ask now are: Would it make sense for Earth to be part of the MTG Multiverse? How weird would it be to have a Magic set staged on Earth? What could it be like?
Even if this were the case, it's called the "multiverse" for a reason. If I'm not mistaken, the "plane" we're in wouldn't just be Earth; it would be our entire Universe, galaxies and all.
I do think it's possible, especially since "our" Earth being part of a larger fictional multiverse is nothing new, but there would have to be a good reason for it.
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Late in the story, Urza and his Phyrexian companion Xantcha end up in Serra realm. When they finally planeswalk out of it, and I quote:
"Their first natural world was a tiny, airless moon circling another world that appeared to be one vast blue-green ocean, though Urza says otherwise."
Could this be our Moon? Could this be planet Earth?
It would be perfectly natural for someone who has never seen Earth before to assume it has a vast blue-green ocean. On top of that Urza corrects that notion, so he knows that the planet is not just an ocean, probably because he was there before.
Obviously, this is only speculation, but it got me wondering.
Did anyone from Wizards, or the author of the book ever said anything about this? Did they placed Earth in the Multiverse in this story?
Kamigawa, Ixalan, and DOminaria would look like that. Even mirrodin and Ravnica in their earlier years.
It's entirely possible that's it's earth, or it could just be "random world with carbon and water based life forms #12579058".
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
You know what would be neat? If we actually saw a plane that was like one of the inhospitable planets in our Solar System.
A Mars-like plane that requires magical protection to not die to the elements would be different, and it would help to highlight how diverse the multiverse is.
True, but this particular world with blue and green colors also has a moon circling it, an airless kind of moon. I can also add that this moon in the book also has solid ground. Urza creates an underground cave in there with breathable air where Xantcha can survive and they stay there for a while.
So, it's four things it has in common with the Earth and the Moon, not just one.
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Just how many moons do you know of that have an atmosphere? Endor is an outlier, not the norm.
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
Saturn's moon Titan has a thick atmosphere, but generally moons have thin or non-existent atmospheres.
So, some of the many questions we can ask now are: Would it make sense for Earth to be part of the MTG Multiverse? How weird would it be to have a Magic set staged on Earth? What could it be like?
Two Score, Minus Two or: A Stargate Tail
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Even if this were the case, it's called the "multiverse" for a reason. If I'm not mistaken, the "plane" we're in wouldn't just be Earth; it would be our entire Universe, galaxies and all.
I do think it's possible, especially since "our" Earth being part of a larger fictional multiverse is nothing new, but there would have to be a good reason for it.