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Teferi may be an [[Physical God|all-powerful planeswalker]], but even he can't stop this threat on his own. Can he muster his allies in time to save...everything?
This trilogy represented a key moment in the ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' storyline. It's the story that [[Cosmic Retcon|changed the nature of the planeswalker spark]]: after ''Future Sight'', planeswalkers were no longer [[Physical God|Physical Gods]], and their canonical power level was lowered to the point that they could be printed on cards without [[Game Breaker|breaking the game]]. Also, the cycle did its best to [[Killed Off for Real|kill off]] or [[De
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* [[Continuity Porn]]: The whole premise of this cycle is to resolve the loose ends left behind in previous storylines and set up The Mending to bring down the canonical power level of planeswalkers, and it's executed with a heaping dose of [[Call Back|Call Backs]] and [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]].
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: The Mending.
* [[De
* [[Dwindling Party]]: This is the trouble with using [[Heroic Sacrifice|Heroic Sacrifices]] as your main attack plan. Every time they close a rift, they lose an ally.
* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]
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* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: Teferi, when he loses his spark.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: This is Teferi's main strategy for closing the rifts. They can be mended, but a planeswalker must give up his or her spark, and potentially his or her life as well.
* [[I Am Not Left
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Venser, on the cover of ''Planar Chaos''.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Teferi loses his spark at the end of ''Time Spiral''. But then again, you already knew that, because [http://magiccards.info/ts/en/83.html his card] is an ordinary creature with the flavor text "To save this plane, he must forsake all others." Oh, and it says so right there on the back of the next book.
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