

Millennia ago, Lolth ignited a divine war between elven gods, sundering the elven peoples forever. The Spider Queen maintains a stranglehold over her Underdark cult of drow elves, severing them from the rest of the world. Lolth is an ancient goddess who spins webs of deceit and feeds on destruction and chaos. For the sake of the Balance, the cosmos must remain in a static state where neither side in any of these struggles can permanently gain the upper hand. He posits that if any side in a struggle grows too powerful, it becomes tyrannical. He is the primary adherent of a philosophy of Balance, which holds that the Multiverse is a collection of opposing forces, each one trying to tip the scales of fate in its favor. He has also crafted many renowned spells (most notably Mordenkainen's faithful hound). Mordenkainen, a human archmage from the world of Greyhawk, leads a powerful group of adventurers called the Circle of Eight and has authored several planar tomes. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Dragons of Autumn Twilight.Adventurers and dragons alike pray to Bahamut to uphold honor and justice, or when they need courage to face a great threat.

In human form, he is usually accompanied by seven ancient gold dragons magically disguised as canaries or other songbirds.īahamut is deeply invested in the affairs of mortal creatures, especially when they fall victim to the machinations of Tiamat the Dragon Queen and the evil dragons that serve her. He makes his home in the Seven Heavens of Mount Celestia, but he often wanders the Material Plane in the magical guise of a venerable old wizard, a humble fisher, or a dashing young monk.

Known as the Platinum Dragon, Bahamut is the patron and progenitor of the metallic dragons. They range from gods to exalted adventurers. They’ve slotted into multiple decks, and have even spawned some on their own.The Planeswalkers in Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms are characters of tremendous power whose influence extends across many worlds of the D&D Multiverse. Endurance is the example that I’ve chosen here, but all of the Evoke Elementals have been incredibly impactful in the format. Shardless Agent have helped enable a few different Cascade decks in the format that are also really powerful. Urza’s Saga has enabled a swath of new strategies centered around various 0 and 1 mana artifacts, and are some of the strongest decks in the format. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Dragon’s Rage Channeler and Unholy Heat have become staple cards in any deck that can play them, and there’s quite a few. Looking at how the Modern meta has evolved since the release of Modern Horizons 2, we’ve seen cards from the set take over. My claim for this being the most powerful set ever printed is based around how it much it warps format around it more than any other set. While these sets are incredibly impactful, they pale in the comparison to the most powerful set of all time, Modern Horizons 2. From Throne of Eldraine to Kaladesh, standard has had some powerful sets come through it’s rotation. Magic: the Gathering has had some really powerful sets printed in the past few years.
