I can't wait for the Rise of the Chickdrazi when Tyvar learns about Buffalo Wings from his time in Duskmourn. and punches the wrong hedron in an attempt to make them.
Ugin: "The Eldrazi have been released! Why did you do this?"
Tyvar: "Dude, these wings are cowabunga!"
Ugin: *Stares Ghost Dragonly*
Tyvar: "My bad bro, want one?"
This longer thread has absolutely sold me on Ugin being awful. I already had a really low opinion of him. While he hasn’t directly destroyed as many planes as Bolas has, he’s still a terrible influence on the multiverse.
Bolas’s whole brand is Bring Evil™️, Urza and Yawgmoth are both obsessed with each other and eugenics… but Ugin’s longevity and “wider view” of things make him forget the smallfolk that become collateral.
It’s like burning a forest to prevent a forest fire; it’s easy to forget about the critters
It's really interesting when you read the Lithomancer story and when Nahiri, reasonably, points out that he could have helped them save lives, he's like "Meh! I wanted to study the Eldrazi, which I TOTALLY couldn't do in battle"
Also, as Spice8Rack reasonably pointed out, the Dragonstorms on Tarkir were bad, but natural when Ugin originated from that plane. But the fact that they retconned him to be from Dominaria completely undermines that. He is there out of choice, and disrupted the natural balance because ??? Fun??
He's also responsible for Sorin and Nahiri having their falling out since it was his bright idea to imprison the Eldrazi in Nahiri's Rock Garden in the first place.
I don’t apologize for Ugin, I just don’t think everything in the multiverse is his fault and Bolas deserved what he got. Well he deserved death, but plot armor
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::Ugin planeswalks back to the Prison Realm::
Bolas: ah, you’ve returned. Did you acquire the items I asked for?
Ugin: about that…
Bolas: no nuggies?! You really are the worst, brother.
Ugin: containment protocols must be followed…
Tyvar: "Dude, these wings are cowabunga!"
Ugin: *Stares Ghost Dragonly*
Tyvar: "My bad bro, want one?"
It’s like burning a forest to prevent a forest fire; it’s easy to forget about the critters
Like at least Bolas provided some form of elderly care (cough Liliana cough).
You can blame him for manipulating Nahiri into putting the Eldrazi on Zendikar though.
Ugin is telling Urza, "Here, hold my beer and let me show you how it's done."
Ugin’s answer to everything is incarceration. Somewhere Azor is sighing regretfully…
"SARKHAN HAVE YOU FILED MY RESURRECTION PAPERS YET SARKHAN IT'S ONLY 4:59PM ON A FRIDAY YOU'RE STILL ON THE CLOCK"