When the Phyrexian Invasion hit Dominaria, the writers executed a literal narrative board wipe. Major, fan-favorite characters (Gerrard Capashen, Hanna, Barrin, and Urza himself) were permanently, irreversibly killed off. They did not become Force Ghosts, alternate univer; they died so the multiverse could change. This was the last storyline fully written before the buy-off.

The story’s structural semantics were clear: war has costs, time moves forward, and icons bleed. As the game transitioned into the modern era, it became markedly death-averse, actively pivoting toward preserving its new flagship characters (essentially all Planeswalkers, unlike weatherlight crew) to maintain consistent branding and marketing.

Neither the Bolas arc nor the Pyrexian Invasion II has executed such a reset. Jace has been a flagship character for more time than the entire MTG game even existed before Urza was killed off. Essentially longer than all Harry Potter books were written, sold, turned into movies, produced, and released. And even Harry Potter magical world moved on from Harry Potter himself, so why can't MTG move on from the planeswalkers introduced twenty years ago?

I would love a new cast of characters. Completely new, not "Liliana but she's now posing as a teacher with a slightly different wardrobe". We have a multiverse, for Garfield's sake. **Some old expansions such as Ice Age ocurred with time skips of centuries, we saw civilizations rise and fall and everyone mortal died**; now we have had like 100 expansions since Jace was introduced. How much time has passed? According to lore sources: "In-game, approximately **8 to 15 years** have passed for Jace himself since his story began, depending on the specific early novel placements."

So less time has passed within MTG than in real life, and it's not even close! Please, let's meet some new people and advance the timeline...



I miss irreversible permadeath of several main characters; storytelling has changed and I don't feel its for the Vorthos-better