Ugin put jace there but why... theory 1 to prevent bolas to get the sun theory 2 punishment for killing ulamog and kozilek.
Theory 1 makes little sense to me since Jace had no knowledge of the Immortal Sun, and Theory 2 is highly unlikely since Ugin doesn't seem that petty.
A more likely reason is that Ugin put Jace in a plane where Bolas or whoever else was trying to read his mind wouldn't get to Jace, and by extension, learn what Ugin's been up to. The story thus far seems to be building up a multiverse-wide chess match between Ugin and Bolas, and the climax will probably involve Ugin stepping out of the shadows again to take Bolas on directly.
I think Ugin's little tripwire is a very clever defense mechanism. Bolas absolutely mustn't find out that Ugin's alive. It's just too big of an advantage to give up. It may be impolite of him, but such are the sacrifices you make when you're trying to beat Nicol Bolas.
Also I had a very cinematic moment when Jace remembered bolas. The image of the golden stairs morphing into Bolas' neck was somehow quite striking.
Finally:
"I am Jace Beleren, the Living Guildpact."
"The failsafe?"
"The pirate."
This is a swaggersome way to say "up yours, sphinx"
Ugin put jace there but why... theory 1 to prevent bolas to get the sun theory 2 punishment for killing ulamog and kozilek.
He might not have known Bolas was after the Immortal Sun, and sent Jace there because he believed it would be a planar prison. Based on the memory involved, he likely planted this trigger during their meeting at the Eye of Ugin in Revelation at the Eye.
Edit: Would she make a good fit for Tamiyo's story circle?
Narset: Dragons are objectively better!
Huatli: You dare! Dinosaurs are clearly superior!
Narset: How many planes have you been to?! Dragons can fly, wield magics your dimwitted Dinos can't hope to wield, and my greatest teacher was a dragon.
Huatli: The dinosaurs on my home plane are avatars of the Sun itself! Your winged lizards cannot beat that!
Narset: Winged lizards?! I guess I misunderstood the part where you said a third of your feathered friends have wings.
Huatli: Don't make me recite the poetry of my people!
Narset: An illiterate aven can write better poetry than you, Miss "Warrior-Poet".
Huatli: Oh it's on now! Wait, what the **** is an aven?!
I think Ugin's little tripwire is a very clever defense mechanism. Bolas absolutely mustn't find out that Ugin's alive. It's just too big of an advantage to give up. It may be impolite of him, but such are the sacrifices you make when you're trying to beat Nicol Bolas.
Also I had a very cinematic moment when Jace remembered bolas. The image of the golden stairs morphing into Bolas' neck was somehow quite striking.
Finally:
"I am Jace Beleren, the Living Guildpact."
"The failsafe?"
"The pirate."
This is a swaggersome way to say "up yours, sphinx"
Legitimately my first thought after reading the last lines of the story:
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Angrath to Huatli after abandoning her: I want to kill you, but you're too hefty.
Huatli: Huh?
Oddly enough, the least assy oldwalker in the stories as of late has been Nahiri. I mean, sure she tried to Emrakul an entire freaking plane, but outside of her feud with Sorin, she seems reasonably nice.
"Reasonably nice"? She doomed an entire plane because of her feud with one single guy. To me now she is totally in the "crazy oldwalker" camp.
I very clearly said "outside of that"
Sure, but if someone is reasonably nice except for the genocide, that's not really reasonably nice, is it?
- So UGIN is the one that sent Jace to Ixalan with his "tripwire" more or less. So basically, the guy is prepared to banish Jace to a world forever to keep his existence a secret from Bolas. I'm sure big picture and all, but Ugin's kinda a jerk (then again, what do you expect from oldwalkers?)
Is Karn literally the only still-living oldwalker we have that may actually not be a **** at this point?
Ugin casting Jace away as a liability doesn't make him an ****. Being incredibly ancient can make one callous, perhaps, but it also tends to give one perspective, and Ugin is looking at a much larger game board than most planeswalkers can even imagine. He is a general and a strategist on an infinite battlefield, with the multiverse itself as the stakes. Jace was born thirty years ago and he will be dead in a matter of decades. Why should his wellbeing matter so much to Ugin?
On another topic, a question about Kumena -- does he still effectively have the City's Blessing? Both the game mechanics of the City's Blessing and the flavor text of the card itself indicate that the blessing is "forever." I have a hunch that Kumena is going to wake up from his fall and realize the power is still his. Vona and Mavren Fein are now permanently touched, too, and all these figures will only lose the Blessing once Tezzeret carries the Immortal Sun away from Ixalan.
Great story. I hated Jace, now I'm looking forward to his parts in the stories. The Ugin link is a very sweet touch. Good job wotc.
Random question, what would Huatli do on other planes if her power is to control dinos?
A good question. I think she would either have to broaden her dinosaur magics to include other animal types (more general "Beast/animal magic"), or focus more on her martial training and combat magics (which would end up making her even more generic, imo [yay r/w does... combat magic.. woo]).
Great story. I hated Jace, now I'm looking forward to his parts in the stories. The Ugin link is a very sweet touch. Good job wotc.
Random question, what would Huatli do on other planes if her power is to control dinos?
A good question. I think she would either have to broaden her dinosaur magics to include other animal types (more general "Beast/animal magic"), or focus more on her martial training and combat magics (which would end up making her even more generic, imo [yay r/w does... combat magic.. woo]).
Or perhaps like WotC's errata, there will be dino on different planes for her to control.
Given the 3 Huatli planeswalkers we have so far, I reckon she will appear on other planes as a creature buffer, not unlike what Garruk used to be before he was corrupted.
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Angrath to Huatli after abandoning her: I want to kill you, but you're too hefty.
Huatli: Huh?
On a more serious note though: am I the only one who feels the "multiple stories of multiple individuals going on in each episode" format is doing more harm than good?
This is primarily an issue with short story writing and the format that Creative are pushed into. In fairness they do very well with the scope they're given. We have significant character growth from not a lot of dialogue and exposition. The kind of growth you're expecting is the sort of thing that takes years of these kinds of stories (like how the Origins 5 have grown), or require novel lengths to expand on. The issue also stems from the fact that we get 6 walkers a set, and people keep wanting to see new walkers(!), not to mention people want to see more legends on each new plane we visit.
Hal and Alena were a success despite only receiving one and a half stories. We can't have a hypnotoad story ever other week otherwise the main plot doesn't get where it needs to be fast enough, then you end up with a thin main plot for some compelling side plots. The plot from the viewpoints of legendaries interacting with the gatewatch are perfect however, a la Yahenni.
The kind of growth you're expecting is the sort of thing that takes years of these kinds of stories (like how the Origins 5 have grown), or require novel lengths to expand on.
While I do agree that the creative team are doing an excellent job given the time constraints and the detrimental format they're forced into (and believe me, I know from first-hand experience the pain of having to be creative while meeting a deadline), I must disagree with the quoted bit. Again, I point you at Drana for an example of character that was well developed in the span of just a single episode: all it took was focusing the entire episode on her, instead of switching the focus back and forth between three or four points of view.
I am not asking for long-term, book-quality character development. I'm just asking for a reason to care about these people. Something that goes beyond "oh hey, there goes Elenda" or "oh hey, there's an elder dino over there".
I must admit Alenda's reveal was hurrendous, as was Kumena's demise. From the cards I expected some massive vampire procession to raise Alenda from her sleep.
- So UGIN is the one that sent Jace to Ixalan with his "tripwire" more or less. So basically, the guy is prepared to banish Jace to a world forever to keep his existence a secret from Bolas. I'm sure big picture and all, but Ugin's kinda a jerk (then again, what do you expect from oldwalkers?)
Is Karn literally the only still-living oldwalker we have that may actually not be a **** at this point?
Ugin casting Jace away as a liability doesn't make him an ****. Being incredibly ancient can make one callous, perhaps, but it also tends to give one perspective, and Ugin is looking at a much larger game board than most planeswalkers can even imagine. He is a general and a strategist on an infinite battlefield, with the multiverse itself as the stakes. Jace was born thirty years ago and he will be dead in a matter of decades. Why should his wellbeing matter so much to Ugin?
It gives one perspective, but it also takes away perspective from someone.
Ugin can see the big picture that mere mortals can't see, but at the same time, he ignores or dismisses what the little people have to go through or what entire worlds have to deal with, because "they don't matter" in the grand scheme of things.
Yes, creatures and planes are fleeting on the cosmological scale of the multiverse, but then what's the point of preserving anything then? What was the point of maintaining the balance on Tarkir when that plane won't be around forever anyway? What was the point of capturing the Eldrazi if they were better off being left alive to do whatever they've been doing for whatever reason they've been doing it? Remember Equilor, that ancient plane on the edge of the multiverse that Urza visited? The people there literally didn't give a **** about the Phyrexians because they've seen guys like them come and go, because they've been around that long.
Ugin was willing to let Zendikar perish to Ulamog and Kozilek because of an setup that he designed (as the Eldrazi might not have even bothered with the plane otherwise), because he was more interested in studying the effects of taking them away from their natural movement patterns in a controlled environment while still keeping them alive. Ugin making Nahiri keep watch over the Eldrazi for said experiment also sowed the seeds for her ultimate feud with Sorin and what she did on Innistrad.
I understand why he cast Jace away, and I even pointed it out (because he doesn't want Bolas or anyone else who may be a threat to him finding out about his own schemes), but most oldwalkers we've met seem to fall into this trap where they believe that the little people mean nothing, and in some cases, entire planes mean little to nothing. As for why he should care about Jace's well-being, I'm not saying he should, but Jace is a powerful telepath that even Bolas recognizes has some potential, so doing the equivalent of tossing him away like unwanted garbage does look a way.
It's my hope that we've been hasty about Azor, and that he's actually a bit different. This guy did go out of his way to bring the law to many different planes, so if any oldwalker would care about "the little people", he'd be one of them. Also, to be perfectly fair, he acted as hostile as he did because Vraska threatened him. Jaya and Karn also could break that mold too, but we'll have to wait for Dominaria.
At Mastermind's Acquisition, we see darkened, but otherwise quite non-damaged (save for a small pile of rubble) Sanctum of the Sun, Azor's "perch/throne" and all, and Vraska looking while the Sun is being planarbridge'd.
At Shake the Foundations, we see Zacama wrecking the Sanctum of the Sun in such a way that the Immortal Sun is flying to the right, half of the walls are non-existent and the "throne" is breaking.
There is no way how both of these cards can be canon. Or is there?
The only way I can think of is that Zacama would break into the vault the very moment when the Sun is being stolen, sends it flying and prevents it from being transported.
Thoughts?
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At Mastermind's Acquisition, we see darkened, but otherwise quite non-damaged (save for a small pile of rubble) Sanctum of the Sun, Azor's "perch/throne" and all, and Vraska looking while the Sun is being planarbridge'd.
At Shake the Foundations, we see Zacama wrecking the Sanctum of the Sun in such a way that the Immortal Sun is flying to the right, half of the walls are non-existent and the "throne" is breaking.
There is no way how both of these cards can be canon. Or is there?
The only way I can think of is that Zacama would break into the vault the very moment when the Sun is being stolen, sends it flying and prevents it from being transported.
Thoughts?
Zacama busting into the sanctum the very moment Tezzeret is about to take off with the Sun would be a significant twist, especially if it was Huatli's doing, as we see her controlling it. The implications of that would make that unlikely though, as wouldn't that mean that walkers would still be trapped on the plane?
A friend of mine (Hi Andethir ;-)) suggested an interesting theory.
We know more or less that the decision to erase Vraska's memories is reached by Jace and Vraska after meeting with Azor. Yet, they decide to let Vraska activate the beacon, call Tezzeret, steal the Sun. I do not believe that this is not done after consulting Azor, and with some deeper plan going on. I just cannot imagine Azor just letting them steal the very thing his role on Ixalan revolved around.
Can Azor somehow repower himself from the Sun and make himself a walker again? Or at least could he somehow alter or failsafe the Sun's function, so that Bolas gets what he wants (saving Vraska from his wrath or suspicions), and yet he does not?
Just sitting there and allowing the Sun to be taken away is simply the stupidest thing to do. And the artbook is so vague on Azor's doing except serving as a trigger for Jace to got ALL memories, that I believe there must be a purposefully unrevealed twist...
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A friend of mine (Hi Andethir ;-)) suggested an interesting theory.
We know more or less that the decision to erase Vraska's memories is reached by Jace and Vraska after meeting with Azor. Yet, they decide to let Vraska activate the beacon, call Tezzeret, steal the Sun. I do not believe that this is not done after consulting Azor, and with some deeper plan going on. I just cannot imagine Azor just letting them steal the very thing his role on Ixalan revolved around.
Can Azor somehow repower himself from the Sun and make himself a walker again? Or at least could he somehow alter or failsafe the Sun's function, so that Bolas gets what he wants (saving Vraska from his wrath or suspicions), and yet he does not?
Just sitting there and allowing the Sun to be taken away is simply the stupidest thing to do. And the artbook is so vague on Azor's doing except serving as a trigger for Jace to got ALL memories, that I believe there must be a purposefully unrevealed twist...
I also think there's something big we haven't been exposed to yet. Kinda like the twist that Emrakul actually sealed herself in the moon.
Ugin put jace there but why... theory 1 to prevent bolas to get the sun theory 2 punishment for killing ulamog and kozilek.
Do those things need to be Mutually Exclusive?
Huatli: The dinosaurs on my home plane are avatars of the Sun itself! Your winged lizards cannot beat that!
Nicol Bolas and Ugin : We Beg your pardon? One of us set up a trap that could kill beings that could have literally had your entire world for breakfast, the other ruled over Half the Multiverse in the height of his power. BEAT THAT.
Legitimately my first thought after reading the last lines of the story:
“Dammit, they’re making me actually LIKE Jace!”
It is amazing what a little bit of character development does to make someone feel like a real character.
As for Angrath, and Old Walkers.
Yes Old Walkers were often jerks..but most of them were thousands of years old, and they have more than once in story made mention that Old Walkers were never the most stable of folks Freyalize was probably the most stable..and she indoctrinated the Llanowar Elves to be Xenophobic to the point of murdering anyone who walked on their lands.
Angrath has frankly showed incredible constraint considering he has been on Ixalan for 14 years, considering he brought toys for his daughters from the planes he went to they can't be that old so presuming that the oldest was 10 when he got trapped he missed both of his daughters growing up. It is frankly amazing after a decade that he didn't say "Eff it EVERYTHING BURNS." and proceed to scour the entire plane to find what was trapping him.
Angrath has frankly showed incredible constraint considering he has been on Ixalan for 14 years, considering he brought toys for his daughters from the planes he went to they can't be that old so presuming that the oldest was 10 when he got trapped he missed both of his daughters growing up. It is frankly amazing after a decade that he didn't say "Eff it EVERYTHING BURNS." and proceed to scour the entire plane to find what was trapping him.
Isn't that more or less EXACTLY what the flavor text on Angrath's Marauders says?
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Ugin put jace there but why... theory 1 to prevent bolas to get the sun theory 2 punishment for killing ulamog and kozilek.
A weird way to introduce azor and jace is a little scared due to his past coming back to haunt him.
And yet he's pretty close on remembering bolas.
Theory 1 makes little sense to me since Jace had no knowledge of the Immortal Sun, and Theory 2 is highly unlikely since Ugin doesn't seem that petty.
A more likely reason is that Ugin put Jace in a plane where Bolas or whoever else was trying to read his mind wouldn't get to Jace, and by extension, learn what Ugin's been up to. The story thus far seems to be building up a multiverse-wide chess match between Ugin and Bolas, and the climax will probably involve Ugin stepping out of the shadows again to take Bolas on directly.
Also I had a very cinematic moment when Jace remembered bolas. The image of the golden stairs morphing into Bolas' neck was somehow quite striking.
Finally:
"I am Jace Beleren, the Living Guildpact."
"The failsafe?"
"The pirate."
This is a swaggersome way to say "up yours, sphinx"
That's basically all oldwalkers, lol.
No, just a plane nearby. Angrath's homeplane hasn't been revealed: https://twitter.com/MTGAlison/status/953676784897110016
He might not have known Bolas was after the Immortal Sun, and sent Jace there because he believed it would be a planar prison. Based on the memory involved, he likely planted this trigger during their meeting at the Eye of Ugin in Revelation at the Eye.
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Narset: Dragons are objectively better!
Huatli: You dare! Dinosaurs are clearly superior!
Narset: How many planes have you been to?! Dragons can fly, wield magics your dimwitted Dinos can't hope to wield, and my greatest teacher was a dragon.
Huatli: The dinosaurs on my home plane are avatars of the Sun itself! Your winged lizards cannot beat that!
Narset: Winged lizards?! I guess I misunderstood the part where you said a third of your feathered friends have wings.
Huatli: Don't make me recite the poetry of my people!
Narset: An illiterate aven can write better poetry than you, Miss "Warrior-Poet".
Huatli: Oh it's on now! Wait, what the **** is an aven?!
Tamiyo: Shouldn't we do something?
Ajani: No, this is much too entertaining.
Legitimately my first thought after reading the last lines of the story:
“Dammit, they’re making me actually LIKE Jace!”
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Angrath to Huatli after abandoning her: I want to kill you, but you're too hefty.
Huatli: Huh?
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I'm also wondering if Ugin and Azor were collaborators.
Azor is pretty cool. It would be nice if he could start planeswalking again, because I really don't want to go back to Ixalan to see how he's doing.
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Sure, but if someone is reasonably nice except for the genocide, that's not really reasonably nice, is it?
Ugin casting Jace away as a liability doesn't make him an ****. Being incredibly ancient can make one callous, perhaps, but it also tends to give one perspective, and Ugin is looking at a much larger game board than most planeswalkers can even imagine. He is a general and a strategist on an infinite battlefield, with the multiverse itself as the stakes. Jace was born thirty years ago and he will be dead in a matter of decades. Why should his wellbeing matter so much to Ugin?
On another topic, a question about Kumena -- does he still effectively have the City's Blessing? Both the game mechanics of the City's Blessing and the flavor text of the card itself indicate that the blessing is "forever." I have a hunch that Kumena is going to wake up from his fall and realize the power is still his. Vona and Mavren Fein are now permanently touched, too, and all these figures will only lose the Blessing once Tezzeret carries the Immortal Sun away from Ixalan.
Random question, what would Huatli do on other planes if her power is to control dinos?
A good question. I think she would either have to broaden her dinosaur magics to include other animal types (more general "Beast/animal magic"), or focus more on her martial training and combat magics (which would end up making her even more generic, imo [yay r/w does... combat magic.. woo]).
Or perhaps like WotC's errata, there will be dino on different planes for her to control.
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This is primarily an issue with short story writing and the format that Creative are pushed into. In fairness they do very well with the scope they're given. We have significant character growth from not a lot of dialogue and exposition. The kind of growth you're expecting is the sort of thing that takes years of these kinds of stories (like how the Origins 5 have grown), or require novel lengths to expand on. The issue also stems from the fact that we get 6 walkers a set, and people keep wanting to see new walkers(!), not to mention people want to see more legends on each new plane we visit.
Hal and Alena were a success despite only receiving one and a half stories. We can't have a hypnotoad story ever other week otherwise the main plot doesn't get where it needs to be fast enough, then you end up with a thin main plot for some compelling side plots. The plot from the viewpoints of legendaries interacting with the gatewatch are perfect however, a la Yahenni.
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I must admit Alenda's reveal was hurrendous, as was Kumena's demise. From the cards I expected some massive vampire procession to raise Alenda from her sleep.
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It gives one perspective, but it also takes away perspective from someone.
Ugin can see the big picture that mere mortals can't see, but at the same time, he ignores or dismisses what the little people have to go through or what entire worlds have to deal with, because "they don't matter" in the grand scheme of things.
Yes, creatures and planes are fleeting on the cosmological scale of the multiverse, but then what's the point of preserving anything then? What was the point of maintaining the balance on Tarkir when that plane won't be around forever anyway? What was the point of capturing the Eldrazi if they were better off being left alive to do whatever they've been doing for whatever reason they've been doing it? Remember Equilor, that ancient plane on the edge of the multiverse that Urza visited? The people there literally didn't give a **** about the Phyrexians because they've seen guys like them come and go, because they've been around that long.
Ugin was willing to let Zendikar perish to Ulamog and Kozilek because of an setup that he designed (as the Eldrazi might not have even bothered with the plane otherwise), because he was more interested in studying the effects of taking them away from their natural movement patterns in a controlled environment while still keeping them alive. Ugin making Nahiri keep watch over the Eldrazi for said experiment also sowed the seeds for her ultimate feud with Sorin and what she did on Innistrad.
I understand why he cast Jace away, and I even pointed it out (because he doesn't want Bolas or anyone else who may be a threat to him finding out about his own schemes), but most oldwalkers we've met seem to fall into this trap where they believe that the little people mean nothing, and in some cases, entire planes mean little to nothing. As for why he should care about Jace's well-being, I'm not saying he should, but Jace is a powerful telepath that even Bolas recognizes has some potential, so doing the equivalent of tossing him away like unwanted garbage does look a way.
It's my hope that we've been hasty about Azor, and that he's actually a bit different. This guy did go out of his way to bring the law to many different planes, so if any oldwalker would care about "the little people", he'd be one of them. Also, to be perfectly fair, he acted as hostile as he did because Vraska threatened him. Jaya and Karn also could break that mold too, but we'll have to wait for Dominaria.
At Mastermind's Acquisition, we see darkened, but otherwise quite non-damaged (save for a small pile of rubble) Sanctum of the Sun, Azor's "perch/throne" and all, and Vraska looking while the Sun is being planarbridge'd.
At Shake the Foundations, we see Zacama wrecking the Sanctum of the Sun in such a way that the Immortal Sun is flying to the right, half of the walls are non-existent and the "throne" is breaking.
There is no way how both of these cards can be canon. Or is there?
The only way I can think of is that Zacama would break into the vault the very moment when the Sun is being stolen, sends it flying and prevents it from being transported.
Thoughts?
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Zacama busting into the sanctum the very moment Tezzeret is about to take off with the Sun would be a significant twist, especially if it was Huatli's doing, as we see her controlling it. The implications of that would make that unlikely though, as wouldn't that mean that walkers would still be trapped on the plane?
We know more or less that the decision to erase Vraska's memories is reached by Jace and Vraska after meeting with Azor. Yet, they decide to let Vraska activate the beacon, call Tezzeret, steal the Sun. I do not believe that this is not done after consulting Azor, and with some deeper plan going on. I just cannot imagine Azor just letting them steal the very thing his role on Ixalan revolved around.
Can Azor somehow repower himself from the Sun and make himself a walker again? Or at least could he somehow alter or failsafe the Sun's function, so that Bolas gets what he wants (saving Vraska from his wrath or suspicions), and yet he does not?
Just sitting there and allowing the Sun to be taken away is simply the stupidest thing to do. And the artbook is so vague on Azor's doing except serving as a trigger for Jace to got ALL memories, that I believe there must be a purposefully unrevealed twist...
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
I also think there's something big we haven't been exposed to yet. Kinda like the twist that Emrakul actually sealed herself in the moon.
Do those things need to be Mutually Exclusive?
Nicol Bolas and Ugin : We Beg your pardon? One of us set up a trap that could kill beings that could have literally had your entire world for breakfast, the other ruled over Half the Multiverse in the height of his power. BEAT THAT.
It is amazing what a little bit of character development does to make someone feel like a real character.
As for Angrath, and Old Walkers.
Yes Old Walkers were often jerks..but most of them were thousands of years old, and they have more than once in story made mention that Old Walkers were never the most stable of folks Freyalize was probably the most stable..and she indoctrinated the Llanowar Elves to be Xenophobic to the point of murdering anyone who walked on their lands.
Angrath has frankly showed incredible constraint considering he has been on Ixalan for 14 years, considering he brought toys for his daughters from the planes he went to they can't be that old so presuming that the oldest was 10 when he got trapped he missed both of his daughters growing up. It is frankly amazing after a decade that he didn't say "Eff it EVERYTHING BURNS." and proceed to scour the entire plane to find what was trapping him.
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Isn't that more or less EXACTLY what the flavor text on Angrath's Marauders says?