{"id":12023,"date":"2026-01-20T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mizoutcg.fr\/mtglore\/khans-tarkir\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:23:32","slug":"khans-tarkir","status":"publish","type":"lore","link":"https:\/\/mizoutcg.fr\/en\/mtglore\/khans-tarkir\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 20: Khans of Tarkir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tarkir is a world of warring clans.<\/strong> Long ago, dragons ruled this plane \u2014 but they were exterminated, and now five human clans fight for control of the world. Sarkhan Vol, a planeswalker obsessed with dragons, discovers he can change this past...<\/p>\n\n<h2>The Five Clans<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/ktk\/214\/fr\/zurgo-brisecasque-(zurgo-helmsmasher)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/f\/f\/ff77a8ac-8f97-4b30-b896-67ad4e67f4c5.jpg?1562796679\" alt=\"Zurgo Helmsmasher\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Zurgo led the Mardu clan with legendary brutality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Each clan of Tarkir worshipped an aspect of the vanished dragons:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abzan<\/strong> \u2014 Endurance, discipline, family<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeskai<\/strong> \u2014 Wisdom, martial arts, enlightenment<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sultai<\/strong> \u2014 Cruelty, necromancy, ambition<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mardu<\/strong> \u2014 Speed, war, conquest<\/li>\n<li><strong>Temur<\/strong> \u2014 Savagery, survival, strength<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>The Time Travel<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/j22\/593\/fr\/sarkhan-le-languedragon-(sarkhan-the-dragonspeaker)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/1\/0\/10f4f99f-b544-4c49-9e9e-070e367da629.jpg?1677138630\" alt=\"Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sarkhan Vol was obsessed with dragons \u2014 and willing to do anything to bring them back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Sarkhan Vol<\/strong> discovered a way to travel into Tarkir's past \u2014 to a time when dragons still lived. There, he saved <strong>Ugin<\/strong>, the spirit dragon, from certain death at the hands of Nicol Bolas.<\/p>\n\n<p>This change to the past rewrote Tarkir's history. The dragons were never exterminated. Instead, they <strong>conquered<\/strong> the clans and enslaved them.<\/p>\n\n<h3>The New Tarkir<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/ncc\/337\/fr\/ojuta%C3%AF-seigneur-dragon-(dragonlord-ojutai)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/e\/a\/ea3f74fc-f814-4576-9c76-96460d09d7e1.jpg?1741151347\" alt=\"Dragonlord Ojutai\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Dragonlords replaced the khans as masters of Tarkir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>In this new timeline, five <strong>Dragonlords<\/strong> ruled over the transformed clans. What had seemed like a victory for Sarkhan turned out to be a tyranny of a different kind.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Tarkir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MTG Wiki: Tarkir<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Khans of Tarkir<\/strong> (Magic expansion, 2014)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dragons of Tarkir<\/strong> (Magic expansion, 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarkir is a world of warring clans. Long ago, dragons ruled this plane \u2014 but they were exterminated, and now five human clans fight for control of the world. Sarkhan Vol, a planeswalker obsessed with dragons, discovers he can change this past&#8230; The Five Clans Zurgo led the Mardu clan with legendary brutality. 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