Doesn't mean a location can suddenly appear on a different continent, though. Zendikar's geography isn't that chaotic. If the Roil was the explanation for this, it would be pretty hard for characters in the story to keep track of where anything is currently located. I bet Ob Nixilis would still be looking for Khalni Heart then

It's only natural people will latch onto the only piece of info they have about a new character, though, simply because it's the only piece of info. It's also why I flinched when the Onakke were suddenly referred to as ogres when the deck insert said they were trolls. I still think they look a lot more like trolls than ogres, but that's a different topic entirely... And the 'reformed' Nissa they were going for in Worldwaker would have worked with the previous characterisation we had, but simply ignoring the info from Duels didn't. And I agree with Squid, Nissa would have been a lot better off as an amazing green villain/anti-villain/anti-hero/whatever rather than the sweet treehugger she is now.

Aaaanyway, I think I have another possible item on our list of retcons. The stuff from the webcomics that implies Bolas was behind Liliana getting the Chain Veil is obsolete now, isn't it? Like when Sarkhan follows her and says it's all going according to plan. Liliana's planeswalker novel was cancelled, and it was later implied in UR that the Raven Man is actually behind the Chain Veil plot, right? Or should we leave the scene with Sarkhan in limbo until the Chain Veil arc is resolved and we have all the relevant info?

Edit: Actually, wait, the Onakke thing I just mentioned is a retcon hidden in plain sight. I'll add that to the list.

It's hard to say because there's no precedent for that sort of thing as we don't know any plane that behaves like that. Also note that Ob couldn't planeswalk at that time, and neither can the average person on Zendikar. Whether or not navigation would still work is irrelevant, the Roil simply doesn't work that way.

Ob's singular purpose was to get his spark back. So if he had to search the entirety of Zendikar to do so, he would have done it. How long has he been on Zendikar? I'm sure he'd be familiar with how the Roil works and take the necessary steps to find what he was looking for.

I don't think you can definitively say that the Roil doesn't work that way. Precedent? Why would there need to be a precedent? Zendikar sets the precedent. It's a plane like no other. The Roil is this super powerful plane wide event that is unpredictable.

Actually, I just did. I said it moved. Woah so preposterous! It's on a plane where the terrain is flying around. Khalni, a location, which has its foundation in Zendikar soil, which can be moved by the Roil, moved. Period.

At this point, I don't even care if you guys remain believing that it didn't move. My interpretation makes sense, and frankly even if Creative themselves said that's not how the Roil worked, I'm not sure I would care. My interpretation rocks.

Wait, elves moved it? Where does that come from? .

But how does that go together with the paragraph from the story I quoted? Seriously, I think we should burn all copies of that wretched artbook. Nothing but trouble has come from it so far.

*throws paper around and rubs temples*

Also... why were Barinellos and I arguing that the Khalni Heart was a physical location that couldn't be moved, then Barinellos turns out to have the tidbit about the bud which can be moved, and it turns out you can change the location of Khalni Heart, just based on a bud.

Shaking my head.

Ok... why does that matter?

Khalni Heart originally grew at the Khalni location, and unless I'm confusing my chicken with my egg, Khalni also grew from that central bud outward. So, you could say a new portion of Khalni grew from the bud at the new location, so if you were looking at the map, you'd see a Khalni, and a New Khalni on the other continent.

No Zendikari was wasting their time with cartography because at that point in time the Eldrazi were tearing everything apart, so really you just had an extension of Khalni at two separate places.

The Statue of Liberty metaphor doesn't quite work because New York didn't spawn because of the existence of the statue, the Statue was a gift that was moved there after New York had already been established.