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But i thought there was another set in this block so maybe we don't have all the story cards?

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No wall it's just a straight door

@Ryan Adams Hail Xenagos.

Gruul guildgate was just the epitome or r/maliciouscompliance "We need all guilds to have at least 2 gates" "Fine then" *draws gruul symbol on lone standing door*

Yes

My favorite art of the entire set

Maybe even all the guildmasters (that we know of) that existed over the history of Ravnica, though that'd be a hefty task to hold yourself to.

@@ajaxtaur For most of the guilds that is actually pretty easy - I think only the Gruul and Simic had constant shakeups due to the mortal nature of their guildmasters. Most of the others had one or two changes at max during the sets we saw them in.

​@@sertaki Golgari had quite a few changes as well, what with the constant assassinations and overthrows of their own guildmasters. The only guild to truly have a stability in that, to never have changed guildmaster in the known timeline is Rakdos.

Well alot of this lore is alot newer then the game itself.

dimir is the tenth

Who's that? Never heard of them

(Ryan) For anyone not in on the joke - House Dimir was, for a long time, a "hidden" guild and the common citizens of Ravnica didn't know they existed. They have however been part of the public knowledge on the plane for quite some time now (the vampire Mirko Vosk was their maze runner in Dragon's Maze, for example, which was in full display of the public.)

@@tcgplayercom Basically they were unkown until the original guildpact was destroyed because of their former guildmaster's machinations - since then they took a much more active part in events.

Yup, their leader getting arrested for some of his actions as leader is what broke guildpact 1, because two of its stipulations were that Dimir had to stay hidden, but Azorius laws and Boros enforcement of those laws were absolutely binding. its own laws being used to break its own laws was so hard a loophole it broke. How gruul, guild of anarchoprimitivist ecoterrorists, wasn't the first to break the civilized law I'll never know. How it even got added to the guildpact in the first place is just as much a mystery.

(Ryan) Maybe they still do and we just haven't found it yet?

They do occasionally. The last one I know of was a cipher on 6 different printings of Tamiyo's Journal that led to words on the 6 clue tokens spelling out: Remember this: they came as three.

In fact, when one of the images on Wizards social media had "Rakdos" misspelled as "Radkos", my conspiracy hat went on... although I couldn't find anything this time.

Fireman's research was a story spotlight because the Firemind was detecting the coming and going of planeswalkers as mana spikes, and those same spikes were destabilizing the system making at risk to explode.

@@errolwhitaker596 wasn't that the point of thousand year storm? given its flavor text?

@@ZerkMonsterHunter Yes, the research of the Firemind prompted Niv to tell Ral to investigate the occurences, and Ral, to cover himself and other planeswalkers, ran with it. The thousand year storm is the culmination of Ral's research, after application

@@errolwhitaker596 I don't think so, I feel like thousand year storm and firemind's research are first and last specifically. I just want niv to go planeswalker

@@saibher.more often than not it's the first 2 that make/break a planeswalker. during normal gameplay unless you have some sort of crazy loyalty acceleration (like the new dovin for instance) you'll just be alternating the 1st and second ability

(Ryan) I will put it on the list!

Seibenlore (now known as aether hub) did a great video called expanding lore, search it up if you are curious it's really good

(Ryan) Fully agree.

Being made of the two best colors, simic has amazing everything

@@derekwalter4238 i see your a man of culture

simic its the best guild!

I agree! Best guild gates by far wow. Also Simic is just the best!

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(Ryan) They are on my list!

@@tcgplayercom OMG thanks for answering. I just discovered this series and I am watching aaaaaaall of the videos. Keep the good work 🤗🤗🤗

Gruul to the rescue!

Pretty sure the Gruul are under Bolas' control, as a) they have a planeswalker card, and b) there is no faction more happy to burn Ravnica to the ground than them. Given that Bolas almost certainly wants the inhabitants of Ravnica too weak, divided, and depleted to stop whatever he plans, harnessing the Gruul's rage just seems like a no-brainer.

(Ryan) The guilds with planeswalkers in Ravnica Allegiance are all under the influence of Bolas, so that includes Gruul. I think the impending riot of the Gruul is part of Nicol's plan - maybe in the distraction and chaos, he'll be able to search for something, or get into a place otherwise hard to access?

@@tcgplayercom ah, I didn't know that. Thank you ✨

The flavor text of "Gates Ablaze" implies that shit happens when Izzet do science... I don't think it's a defining lore card.

(Ryan) I'll cover it in more detail in the next video, but the three in this set that are under the influence of Bolas are actually Azorius, Orzhov, and...Gruul!

Basically the guilds that have planeswalkers as their leaders are on Bolas' side (Azorius, Izzet, Gruul, Orzhov, and Golgari) while the ones that don't have Planeswalkers are not with Bolas (Boros, Selesnya, Dimir, Rakdos, Simic). Interestingly both Izzet and Golgari are not fully under Bolas. Vraska had planned with Jace to become a sleeper agent against Bolas, so when Jace restored her memories, she and the Golgari would ally with the Gatewatch. For Izzet, Ral is with Bolas but he is not the actual leader of the guild. He's leading the guild because Niv-Mizzet disappears, speculated by most to be consumed with the Firemind's Research. So when Bolas shows up, Niv-Mizzet might show up as well and I'm sure some if not most Izzet members would side with him instead of Ral.

You properly already know about the guildmasters guide to ravnica book they released. if not you then you should really look into it

Fribonansa Yeah! I’ve already got the Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica, it’s fantastic. It’s what’s mainly building the campaign, the rest is nice and homebrewed!

Nobody has ever seen lazav's real face.

The nephilim make great pact of the old one patrons

(Ryan) Gruul and Orzhov. We'll cover it all in the next video :-)

oooooooooooooooooooooooooh this will be good *3 *

You forget nici-b has the immortal sun, the planar bridge, a bottomless army of eternals and the fact he is a centuries old elder dragon on his side.

Nah, I didn’t forget, left most of his resources out because they are a theoretical presence. He has them, but we don’t know what his plans are. We do know it is the heroes plans however to save Ravnica, so i was giving a practical rundown of what they could do with what they have. There are a lot of resources on the good guys side I could have mentioned if I wanted to be fantastical

(Ryan) You're in luck! I'll have a video all about Ravnica coming out very soon. Thanks for watching!

(Ryan) The flavor text on Dovin's Acuity suggests he is counting Domri among known allies. It is unclear exactly how much 'control' Bolas is exerting on the Gruul, but this card makes me think they see them as more than just a neutral force that is conveniently destructive.

Reasonable? Boros are literally gung ho policemen, Selesnya are like JW or Hare Krishnu(just like at least 5x worse). Azorius is ok, even though they have rules for rules. Imo, the most sensible guild is Dimir. But Boros isn't half bad either. Golgari is also quite ok, but it's like extreme poverty(they at least help each other often). The worst are Simic(just weird and creepy), Izzet(just hyper weird) and Orzhov(they're literally the worst even despite Teysa's...appearance). Dimir > Azorius > Boros = Golgari

(Ryan) Kind of. Ruric Thar doesn't have a card of their own in this set though. Nikya of the Old Ways is the rare legendary creature for Gruul, and should have been the one quoted against the guild's planeswalker to complete the pattern.

Well, sure, but as you described the pattern (which I had not perceived before, so thanks) as "current management on front door vs. some other faction on the back door", it fits perfectly. Domri's perspective is much more broad and even paints a "bad" picture of the current Gruul as disorganized and in need of the leadership that will take them to the "End Raze" as Ruric extols the clans and their territory just as they have always been.

... but they dont do 3rd sets anymore. Ixilan had 2. Kaladesh 2. Amonkhet 2. Dominaria only 1. I think bolas is gonna get something else out of ravnica. Maybe an izzet artifact that can extract planeswalker sparks. Sparks have been transferred before.... karn has urzas.

@@misterturkturkle I mean i think a third set for this "story chapter" is confirmed, but it could be anywhere.

@@BobSmith-cg2ek War of the Spark is the next set, WotC accidentally leaked it on their website a short while back.

@@hapijoel7569 Thanks for the info!

Ruric has text on the guildgate and i wouldn't put it past Domri to do some murder. Anyway if memory serves the gruul don't have a formal leader, they just listen to best smasher.

(Ryan) Hey thanks for the feedback. We've been experimenting with a lot of different gear and even moved to a new studio at one point but we're getting things settled now so it should be more consistent going forward.

(Ryan) Nobody has ever said that but it is now my favorite compliment, ever.

(Ryan) Found the dentist.

Nah simic