Tocasia

Tocasia
Details
Race	Human
Birthplace	Argive, Terisiare, Dominaria
Lifetime	Time of Legends
Born	Before -30 AR
Died	20 AR
Colors
Sources
Antiquities War, The Brothers' War

Tocasia was an elderly archeologist from Argive on Dominaria to whom both Urza and Mishra were apprenticed as youths.

History

Tocasia taught Urza and Mishra the basics of artifice and helped them learn of the Thran. She also accompanied them on the fateful journey to Koilos, when they discovered the Mightstone and the Weakstone. It was she who first noted the rising animosity between them after this trip.

She tried to get both brothers to hand the stones to her, a neutral third party, so she could examine them without their arguing, but neither trusted her, each believing she would give the stone to his brother. This distrust and anger reached critical mass one night when each Brother used his stone to attack the other. This would become their Brotherhood's End. Tocasia stepped between the stones, trying to stop the fight. Both brothers lost concentration and an explosion took place, which killed Tocasia. Mishra fled, and the excavation camp fell apart without Tocasia's influence.

Trivia

• Tocasia's name is an anagram of Iocasta, mother of Oedipus.

Gallery

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  Tocasia was the brothers', Urza and Mishra, first mentor. Teaching them about Thran artifacts.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
Antiquities War	Kathy Ice	May 1994	Antiquities	Dominaria	Ildria Caldos, Farsa Tashiir, Urza, Mishra, Tocasia, Tawnos, Qadir, Ashnod, Drafna, Hurkyl
Antiquities War #1-4	Jerry Prosser	Nov 1995 - Feb 1996	Antiquities	Dominaria	Tocasia, Urza, Mishra, Warlord of Kroog, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Tawnos, Ashnod
The Brothers' War	Jeff Grubb	May 1998	Antiquities	Dominaria	Urza, Mishra, Tawnos, Ashnod, Tocasia, Loran, Bly, Ahmahl, Richlau, Havack, Rahud, Hajar, Kantar, Kayla bin-Kroog, Rusko, Warlord of Kroog, Maurik, Gix, Sharaman, Rendall, Sanwell, Harbin, Jarin, Feldon, the Archimandrite, Drafna, Hurkyl, Martyrs of Korlis, Gwenna, Melana, Doril, Thaxus, Titania, Jarsyl
Inside Dominaria	Daneen McDermott & Scott McGough	June 1999	Urza's Legacy	Dominaria	Teferi, Jhoira, Ertai, Barrin, Rayne, Tocasia, Urza, Mishra, Sisay, Hanna

In-game references

Represented in:

• Tocasia, Dig Site Mentor

Associated cards:

• Tocasia's Dig Site
• Tocasia's Onulet
• Tocasia's Welcome

Depicted in:

• Meticulous Excavation
• Personal Tutor
• Stern Lesson

Quoted or referred to:

• Brotherhood's End
• Giant Cindermaw
• Grapeshot Catapult
• Loran, Disciple of History
• Mesmeric Orb
• Mightstone
• Mishra's Workshop
• Onulet
• Ornithopter (Antiquities)
• Ornithopter
• Overwhelming Remorse
• Primal Plasma
• Su-Chi
• Universal Automaton
• Urza's Factory (Time Spiral)
• Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
• Urza's Workshop
• Weakstone

Alternate reality

• According to the flavor text of Primal Plasma, she was a elementalist in the alternate reality introduced in Planar Chaos.