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In the Magic: The Gathering universe, the Fallen Empires expansion takes place on which continent?

Answer

Sarpadia

The story behind the answer

Sarpadia is correct. Fallen Empires chronicles the collapse of Sarpadia’s cultures: Icatian humans, Havenwood elves and their thallids/saprolings, Vodalian merfolk battling rising homarids, and the Order of the Ebon Hand breeding thrulls. The set’s flavor text and card tribes all point to a continent-wide decline—hence “fallen empires.”

Memory tip: Sarpadia sounds like “sap-” as in saprolings, the fungus tokens that became iconic for the set. The other places are different Dominaria locales: Shiv is the volcanic home of Shivan Dragons, Otaria is the Odyssey/Onslaught setting, and Terisiare is where Antiquities and Ice Age take place. Thrulls, homarids, and saprolings? Think Sarpadia.

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