{{Infobox pwPW|{{PAGENAME}}}} |name==Overview==[[Sarkhan the Mad]] is a black and red human Planeswalker, introduced in June 2016 along with the [[Oath of the Gatewatch]] card set.|image=sarkhanHe has higher than average health, average high mana gains with a very balanced spread, and high deck limits with a focus on Creatures.png|aliases=S1|color=BRHis abilities have a dragon theme, including replacing one of his creatures with a dragon creature token, and creating a support token which deal damage when his dragons attack. He also has a cheap card draw ability. |set=Oath Sarkhan the Mad, sometimes called S1, is the first of the Gatewatch}}three playable [[Planeswalkers]] in MtGPQ which embody Sarkhan at different points in his life.

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<blockquote>''The dragon-worshipping Planeswalker Sarkhan Volis a native of Tarkir, where dragons had goneextinct long before his birth. Obsessed with theirfury and predatory majesty, Sarkhan learned asmuch as he could about his world's ancientdragons, even going so far as to join a group ofinfamous shamans who venerated the apexpredators. He had a talent for battle and gainedstatus as a warrior in the Mardu clan, but he soontired of the petty quarrels of the battlefield. <br><br>After one victory against a rival clan, Sarkhan hadan experience that changed his life:"The spirit of a long-dead dragon appeared to him,whispered a spell into his mind, and then vanishedforever. With the incantation of the spell, a hugedragon made of fire streaked out of Sarkhan'sbody and invaded the battle, blasting thebattlefield with a torrent of fire. Fascinated,Sarkhan watched as his men and those of hisenemy were burned to Cinders. It was a display of ultimate rage and power that surpassed anythinghe had ever seen. It stoked a passion in him thathad never before flared to life, and along with it,his Planeswalker spark."—''From the novel Alara Unbroken by Doug Beyer'' <br><br>Thereafter, Sarkhan traveled from plane to plane,looking for a dragon to whom he could dedicatehis life. On Jund, a shard of the plane of Alara, hefound a land ruled by tyrannical hellkites andother mighty dragons. There, he declared his fealtyto the dragon Planeswalker [[Nicol_Bolas,_God-Pharaoh|Nicol Bolas]]. <br><br>Disillusioned by his servitude to the villainous,conniving, woefully undragonlike Bolas, Sarkhanfell into madness. He was led back to Tarkir by avoice in his mind, a voice he believed belonged tothe long-dead spirit dragon Ugin. At the spotwhere Ugin died, aided by the Jeskai khan Narsetat the cost of her life, Sarkhan found what he didnot even know he was seeking: a way to travelback through time to the moment of Ugin's death at Nicol Bolas's hands and prevent the spiritdragon from falling. Instantly pulled back to thepresent, Sarkhan found himself in a world ruled bymighty Dragonlords, a world in which both Uginand Narset were still alive. <br><br>The Tarkir of Sarkhan's birth, the world thatseemed to him bereft of dragons, is gone. In itsplace is a vibrant world where dragons fill theskies. Sarkhan himself is now utterly unique, freein ways that few people are: a man who was neverborn, a Planeswalker without a home world, ahuman who can take the form of a dragon. Mostimportantly, his mind is once again his own, freeof the influences of both Bolas and Ugin.''</blockquote>