Urza - Turns a drake to stone

His claws sank deep into the volcanic earth. His haunches gathered to spring. Jaw dropping wide, Rhammidarigaaz lunged through air to swallow Urza whole.

The planeswalker grimaced. With an offhand gesture, he flung an arc of magic across the beast.

He transformed into stone. Rhammidarigaaz, the champion of the Viashino, became a statue frozen in terrific motion. He seemed even more massive and fearsome in that aspect. His jaws gaped wide. His eyes glared blindly. His whole figure was caught in the act of a leap he would never finish.

Urza shrugged. The pulpy tooth waggled in his hand. “Well, now instead of a champion, you have a gargoyle.” His voice grew steely. “Take me to the bey.”

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Urza approached the drake statue. He took a few visual measurements. Positioning himself carefully out of the line of charge, Urza set the drake’s tooth back into the spot it had occupied. It no sooner touched the creature than it fused to his mouth. Urza took a step back. Next moment, the dragon’s stony semblance fell away.

Rhammidarigaaz vaulted in his attack. The drake soared past Urza and crashed to the ground before a pile of cooled magma. Its toppling bulk shattered the stone bulwark. Chunks of rock bounded out

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Time Streams, Chapter 12