A planar barrier is a magical way to prevent planeswalkers or other beings from traveling to (or leaving) certain planes. Planar barriers can be created on purpose by planeswalkers, powerful wizards, or other powerful beings. They also can be the result of cosmological events.
Known planar barriers include:
Name | Affected planes | Created by | Trapped planeswalkers | Current state |
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Shard of the Twelve Worlds | Dominarian Nexus, including Dominaria and Azoria | Urza and the Sylex Blast | Faralyn, Leshrac, Tevesh Szat, Freyalise, Taysir, Kristina, Ravidel | Broken by the passing of the rogue plane Shandalar and Freyalise's World Spell. |
Feroz's Ban | Ulgrotha | Feroz, using an artifact owned by Serra | Feroz, Serra | Broken by Feroz's death in a lab accident. |
The Great Barrier | Shandalar | Azar, using Lim-Dûl's spirit.[1] Reinforced by The Guardian. | Failed. Possibly by someone casting the Spell of Dominion. | |
The Veil | The physical world and the spirit world of Kamigawa | O-Kagachi, Kami of the Barrier. | Ripped apart by Konda's action. Restored by Michiko and Kyodai. | |
Barrier of the Rabiahs | All versions of Rabiah | Nailah | Unknown | |
Ixalan's Binding | Ixalan | Azor, using the Immortal Sun | Vraska, Jace Beleren, Huatli, Angrath | Broken when Vraska transferred the Immortal Sun to Tezzeret. |
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