Shard of the Twelve Worlds

The Shard of the Twelve Worlds was an envelope containing twelve planes, separating them from the rest of the Multiverse.Jeff Gomez (1995), "Ice Age on the World of Magic: The Gathering. Volume 3. The Shard". Armada
==Description==
The exact timing of the formation of the Shard of Twelve Worlds is unknown, but it happened at a point after the Start of the Ice Age, and after Taysir of Rabiah arrived in Dominaria.
The only planes confirmed to be within the Shard were Dominaria, Azoria, and Ravidel's home plane. The Nether Void was accessible within the Shard, but whether it qualifies as a plane is unknown. Phyrexia and Moag were outside of the Shard.
The descriptor of a "shard" used by those inside it is not universal - the Phyrexians described it as "a knife", cutting their portals off from Dominaria, while Urza described it as "a darkness", cold and repelling, keeping him from returning to his plane, no matter the angle he tried to approach it from.Planeswalker (novel) by Lynn Abbey Even those inside described it not always as a shard, but also as a "wall of ebon ice", or a "black glacier".Jeff Grubb. (2000.) "The Eternal Ice", Wizards of the Coast.
===History===
The Shard was formed as a side-effect of the Sylex Blast. The blast bound several "nearby" planes together, forming the Dominarian Nexus, and also formed a barrier to travel in or out of the nexus. Many planeswalkers were trapped inside the Shard during the Ice Age.
The plane of Shandalar drifts through the Multiverse in unusual ways, and it passes through the boundary of the Shard. This allowed Faralyn, Leshrac, and Tevesh Szat to escape by planeswalking to it. Later, Freyalise used the energy of its passing to fuel the World Spell which broke the Shard and ended the Ice Age.
==References==
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