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The '''Eldrazi Arc''' is the [[storyline]] that dealt with the Eldrazi and the fallout of their awakening on [[Zendikar (plane)|Zendikar]]. It was the first long-running storyline introduced after the [[Great Mending]] using new marquee planeswalker characters.<ref name="Preview Barca">{{YouTubeRef|Y5YsggzwCxI|The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Barcelona|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>

==Description==
The '''Eldrazi arc''' is the main storyline for the first two blocks set on ''Zendikar'' (''[[Zendikar]]'', ''[[Worldwake]]'', ''[[Rise of the Eldrazi]]'', ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'', ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'') and concluding in [[Shadows over Innistrad block]] (''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'', ''[[Eldritch Moon]]''), though realistically it was only revealed in ''[[Rise of the Eldrazi]]'' after minor clues were scattered through the preceding sets. Minor character arcs in the intermediate blocks were influenced by this storyline, such as [[Kiora]] in [[Theros block]] and [[Sorin]] and [[Ugin]] in [[Khans of Tarkir block]]. Additionally, it coalesced the new main protagonist group of the [[Gatewatch]] and established [[Nahiri]] as a minor antagonist going forward.

While the original story took cues from the Cthulhu Mythos of Lovecraft, the design of ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'' took away most of their incomprehensibility in favor of an "alien invasion" set. An aesthetic more evocative of eldritch horror was adopted in the [[Shadows over Innistrad block]].

==Arc-wide cycle==
{| class="wikitable"   
!Cycle name
!{{W}}
!{{U}}
!{{B}}
!{{R}}
!{{G}}
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| rowspan="2" |'''Oaths of [[the Gatewatch]]'''
|{{card|Oath of Gideon|Oath of the Gatewatch}}
|{{card|Oath of Jace|Oath of the Gatewatch}}
|{{card|Oath of Liliana|Eldritch Moon}}
|{{card|Oath of Chandra|Oath of the Gatewatch}}
|{{card|Oath of Nissa|Oath of the Gatewatch}}
|-
| colspan="5" |Each of these [[rare]] [[legendary]] [[Enchantment|enchantments]] has an [[Enters the battlefield|enter the battlefield effect]] and second effect with some kind of [[Planeswalker]] interaction. They represent the founders and first members of [[the Gatewatch]].
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Arcs}}

[[Category:Magic storyline cycles]]