Gatecrash Build Packs

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

We have a sad today - due to another commitment we can't get out tonight for Friday Night Magic - yeah - we know - Gatecrash if officially released today.  Those attending the official launch will score a alt-art foil Skrrag Goliath just for attending - so get out if you can tonight.  We might have a chance to get a few virtual packs ripped via a fellow Canadian's site - Cam at Copper Dog in place of regular card-slinging.

Anywhoos - onto today's post - Gatecrash Guild Packs.  If you were not aware, there were 8 different Guild Packs for each Guild in last weekend's prerelease event.  Tonda and many others over on the forums collected all the data and input from the Magic: the Gathering community and were able to distill down the following lists.  Why should you care ? Well, in case your LGS has a few extra left over to sell or provide as prizes, here's the list which may give you a leg up . . . 

 
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ORZHOV - Treasury Thrull / Orzhov Guildgate
PACK 1 : Obzedat, Ghost Council, Vizkopa Guildmage, Righteous Charge, Dying Wish, Executioner's Swing, Purge the Profane, Court Street Denizen, Knight Watch, Devour Flesh, Shadow Alley Denizen, Basilica Screecher, Gutter Skulk, Basilica Guards, Razortip Whip

PACK 2 : Alms Beast. Gift of Orzhova, Thrull Parasite, Debtor's Pulpit, Assault Griffin, Prophetic Prism, Shadow Alley Denizen, Dutiful Thrull, Purge the Profane, Court Street Denizen, Devour Flesh, Beckon Apparition, Syndicate Enforcer, Zarichi Tiger

PACK 3 : High Priest of Penance, Vizkopa Confessor, Smog Elemental, Righteous Charge, Kingpin's Pet, Syndic of Tithes, Angelic Edict, Devour Flesh, Grisly Spectacle, Slate Street Ruffian, Syndicate Enforcer, Zarichi Tiger, Dutiful Thrull, Basilica Guards

PACK 4 : Merciless Eviction, Hold the Gates, Orzhov Keyrune, Vizkopa Guildmage, Corpse Blockade, Basilica Screecher, Court Street Denizen, Beckon Apparition, Basilica Guards, Death's Approach, Devour Flesh, Dutiful Thrull, Slate Street Ruffian, Kingpin's Pet

PACK 5 : Immortal Servitude, Urbis Protector, Killing Glare, Orzhov Charm, Shadow Alley Denizen, Dutiful Thrull, Purge the Profane, Smite, Syndicate Enforcer, Court Street Denizen, Contaminated Ground, Kingpin's Pet, Skyblinder Staff, Corpse Blockade

PACK 6 : Blind Obedience, One Thousand Lashes, Wight of Precinct Six, Murder Investigation, Slate Street Ruffian, Dutiful Thrull, Executioner's Swing, Knight Watch, Beckon Apparition, Basilica Guards, Syndicate Enforcer, Smite, Gutter Skulk, Syndic of Tithes

PACK 7 : Crypt Ghast, Knight of Obligation, Cartel Aristocrat, Gateway Shade, Angelic Edict, Basilica Screecher, Purge the Profane, Smite, Armored Transport, Guildscorn Ward, Contaminated Ground, Basilica Guards, Beckon Apparition, Slate Street Ruffian

PACK 8 : Luminate Primordial, Vizkopa Confessor, Smog Elemental, Holy Mantle, Basilica Screecher, Purge the Profane, Shadow Alley Denizen, Smite, Devour Flesh, Kingpin's Pet, Aerial Maneuver, Slate Street Ruffian, Guildscorn Ward, Millennial Gargoyle
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DIMIR - Consuming Abberation / Dimir Guildgate
PACK 1 : Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, Dying Wish, Gridlock, Bane Alley Broker, Midnight Recovery, Sage's Row Denizen, Psychic Strike, Metropolis Sprite, Grisly Spectacle, Way of the Thief, Horror of the Dim, Millennial Gargoyle, Spell Rupture, Deathcult Rogue

PACK 2 : Mind Grind, Bane Alley Broker, Voidwalk, Wight of Precinct Six, Last Thoughts, Grisly Spectacle, Sage's Row Denizen, Mortus Strider, Shadow Slice, Metropolis Sprite, Paranoid Delusions, Midnight Recovery, Keymaster Rogue, Shadow Alley Denizen

PACK 3 : Whispering Madness, Smog Elemental, Dinrova Horror, Sapphire Drake, Contaminated Ground, Prophetic Prism, Keymaster Rogue, Armored Transport, Skygames, Paranoid Delusions, Sage's Row Denizen, Gutter Skulk, Totally Lost, Mortus Strider

PACK 4 : Soul Ransom, Mental Vapors, Mindeye Drake, Coerced Confession, Corpse Blockade, Mortus Strider, Death's Approach, Razortip Whip, Balustrade Spy, Skygames, Shadow Slice, Deathcult Rogue, Midnight Recovery, Hands of Binding

PACK 5 : Nightveil Specter, Agoraphobia, Killing Glare, Duskmantle Guildmage, Last Thoughts, Midnight Recovery, Deathcult Rogue, Scatter Arc, Slate Street Ruffian, Psychic Strike, Metropolis Sprite, Corpse Blockade, Skygames, Shadow Alley Denizen

PACK 6 : Stolen Identity, Undercity Informer, Ætherize, Dimir Charm, Midnight Recovery, Metropolis Sprite, Grisly Spectacle, Skygames, Balustrade Spy, Psychic Strike, Shadow Slice, Deathcult Rogue, Spell Rupture, Shadow Alley Denizen

PACK 7 : Undercity Plague, Call of the Nightwing, Gateway Shade, Incursion Specialist, Death's Approach, Spell Rupture, Deathcult Rogue, Keymaster Rogue, Contaminated Ground, Leyline Phantom, Skyblinder Staff, Skygames, Balustrade Spy, Psychic Strike

PACK 8 : Sepulchral Primordial, Dimir Keyrune, Illness in the Ranks, Dimir Charm, Horror of the Dim, Last Thoughts, Death's Approach, Deathcult Rogue, Riot Gear, Slate Street Ruffian, Sage's Row Denizen, Mortus Strider, Contaminated Ground, Totally Lost
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GRUUL - Rubblehulk / Gruul Guildgate
PACK 1 : Borborygmos Enraged, Hellraiser Goblin, Frenzied Tilling, Serene Remembrance, Ember Beast, Primal Visitation, Disciple of the Old Ways, Mugging, Predator's Rapport, Riot Gear, Greenside Watcher, Pit Fight, Act of Treason, Ivy Lane Denizen

PACK 2 : Gruul Ragebeast, Crackling Perimeter, Ground Assault, Wasteland Viper, Skinbrand Goblin, Primal Visitation, Act of Treason, Slaughterhorn, Millennial Gargoyle, Zhur-Taa Swine, Wildwood Rebirth Scab-Clan Charger, Madcap Skills, Disciple of the Old Ways

PACK 3 : Signal the Clans, Miming Slime, Rust Scarab, Ghor-Clan Rampager, Prophetic Prism, Verdant Haven, Structural Collapse, Ruination Wurm, Scorchwalker, Skinbrand Goblin, Forced Adaptation, Zhur-Taa Swine, Burst of Strength, Tin Street Market

PACK 4 : Clan Defiance, Ripscale Predator, Gruul Charm, Hindervines, Slaughterhorn, Act of Treason, Primal Visitation, Ember Beast, Disciple of the Old Ways, Zhur-Taa Swine, Predator's Rapport, Skinbrand Goblin, Armored Transport, Scorchwalker

PACK 5 : Rubblebelt Raiders, Alpha Authority, Burning-Tree Emissary, Homing Lightning, Tin Street Market, Razortip Whip, Foundry Street Denizen, Mugging, Ruination Wurm, Spire Tracer, Act of Treason, Slaughterhorn, Naturalize, Primal Visitation

PACK 6 : Wrecking Ogre, Skarrg Guildmage, Madcap Skills, Disciple of the Old Ways, Scab-Clan Charger, Foundry Street Denizen, Ember Beast, Slaughterhorn, Mark for Death, Primal Visitation, Spire Tracer, Pit Fight, Forced Adaptation, Tower Defense

PACK 7 : Skarrg Goliath, Viashino Shanktail, Gruul Keyrune, Skullcrack, Structural Collapse, Pit Fight, Mugging, Disciple of the Old Ways, Ruination Wurm, Ember Beast, Predator's Rapport, Madcap Skills, Scab-Clan Charger, Scorchwalker

PACK 8 : Sylvan Primordial, Gruul Charm, Cinder Elemental, Crowned Ceratok, Pit Fight, Act of Treason, Skyblinder Staff, Scorchwalker, Scab-Clan Charger, Primal Visitation, Foundry Street Denizen, Wildwood Rebirth, Structural Collapse, Slaughterhorn
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BOROS - Foundry Champion / Boros Guildgate
PACK 1 : Aurelia, the Warleader, Hold the Gates, Ordruun Veteran, Cinder Elemental, Madcap Skills, Skyblinder Staff, Bomber Corps, Wojek Halberdiers, Prophetic Prism, Assault Griffin, Nav Squad Commandos, Shattering Blow, Act of Treason, Court Street Denizen

PACK 2 : Spark Trooper, Hellraiser Goblin, Fortress Cyclops, Guardian of the Gateless, Foundry Street Denizen, Shattering Blow, Furious Resistance, Guildscorn Ward, Warmind Infantry, Assault Griffin, Structural Collapse, Wojek Halberdiers, Angelic Edict, Armored Transport

PACK 3 : Firemane Avenger, Skullcrack, Sunhome Guildmage, Righteous Charge, Foundry Street Denizen, Skyknight Legionnaire, Aerial Maneuver, Madcap Skills, Smite, Bomber Corps, Millennial Gargoyle, Mugging, Knight Watch, Shattering Blow

PACK 4 : Assemble the Legion, Crackling Perimeter, Truefire Paladin, Holy Mantle, Bomber Corps, Knight Watch, Towering Thunderfist, Shielded Passage, Martial Glory, Massive Raid, Guildscorn Ward, Madcap Skills, Wojek Halberdiers, Angelic Edict

PACK 5 : Boros Reckoner, Boros Charm, Homing Lightning, Boros Keyrune, Zarichi Tiger, Skyknight Legionnaire, Guildscorn Ward, Structural Collapse, Daring Skyjek, Martial Glory, Aerial Maneuver, Furious Resistance, Smite, Bomber Corps

PACK 6 : Frontline Medic, Firefist Striker, Arrows of Justice, Murder Investigation, Warmind Infantry, Assault Griffin, Furious Resistance, Zarichi Tiger, Towering Thunderfist, Martial Glory, Guildscorn Ward, Foundry Street Denizen, Skyknight Legionnaire, Razortip Whip

PACK 7 : Legion Loyalist, Arrows of Justice, Ripscale Predator, Urbis Protector, Riot Gear, Daring Skyjek, Nav Squad Commandos, Structural Collapse, Wojek Halberdiers, Martial Glory, Massive Raid, Bomber Corps, Court Street Denizen, Shielded Passage

PACK 8 : Molten Primordial, Mark for Death, Sunhome Guildmage, Boros Elite, Bomber Corps, Shielded Passage, Massive Raid, Skyknight Legionnaire, Guildscorn Ward, Warmind Infantry, Assault Griffin, Shattering Blow, Tin Street Market Daring Skyjek
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SIMIC - Fathom Mage / Simic Guildgate
PACK 1 : Prime Speaker Zegana, Alpha Authority, Nimbus Swimmer, Rapid Hybridization, Verdant Haven, Drakewing Krasis, Greenside Watcher, Frilled Oculus, Hydroform, Way of the Thief, Adaptive Snapjaw, Clinging Anemones, Armored Transport, Wildwood Rebirth

PACK 2 : Biovisionary, AEtherize, Rust Scarab, Wildwood Rebirth, Scatter Arc, Crocanura, Frilled Oculus, Burst of Strength, Simic Charm, Hydroform, Leyline Phantom, Ivy Lane Denizen, Prophetic Prism Shambleshark

PACK 3 : Mystic Genesis, Experiment One, Elusive Krasis, Simic Fluxmage, Spell Rupture, Naturalize, Cloudfin Raptor, Adaptive Snapjaw, Hydroform, Ivy Lane Denizen, Totally Lost, Drakewing Krasis, Greenside Watcher, Razortip Whip

PACK 4 : Unexpected Results, Metropolis Sprite, Zameck Guildmage, Miming Slime, Gridlock, Verdant Haven, Shambleshark, Adaptive Snapjaw, Scatter Arc, Crocanura, Keymaster Rogue, Forced Adaptation, Bioshift, Spire Tracer

PACK 5 : Biomass Mutation, Urban Evolution, Tower Defense, Sapphire Drake, Riot Gear, Adaptive Snapjaw, Totally Lost, Drakewing Krasis, Hydroform, Sage's Row Denizen, Predator's Rapport, Frilled Oculus, Ivy Lane Denizen, Cloudfin Raptor

PACK 6 : Simic Manipulator, Merfolk of the Depths, Crowned Ceratok, Simic Keyrune, Crocanura, Spell Rupture, Bioshift, Millennial Gargoyle, Totally Lost, Spire Tracer, Drakewing Krasis, Clinging Anemones, Burst of Strength, Frilled Oculus

PACK 7 : Gyre Sage, Elusive Krasis, Hindervines, Mindeye Drake, Greenside Watcher, Way of the Thief, Burst of Strength, Cloudfin Raptor, Shambleshark, Totally Lost, Wildwood Rebirth, Leyline Phantom, Bioshift, Keymaster Rogue

PACK 8 : Diluvian Primordial, Nimbus Swimmer, Serene Remembrance, Agoraphobia, Spire Tracer, Bioshift, Clinging Anemones, Adaptive Snapjaw, Skygames, Naturalize, Sage's Row Denizen, Burst of Strength, Shambleshark, Skyblinder Staff

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Gatecrash Spoilers 9

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Welcome to the second exciting week of Gatecrash Previews!  In very general terms, we will agree with some players we've spoken with that this, the second set in the Return to Ravnica block seems to hold a bit more Magic: the Gathering flavour compared to the first set with the cards preview so far.  We're hoping that week two of Gatecrash Spoilers 'n' Previews will deliver the last outstanding legendary guild leader - specifically the Simic one - 'Zegana'.  As per usual, we will add to this post throughout the day should any other new card be revealed and recommend that you drop by the MTG Realm Spoiler List as we continually update it.

Let's get to today's new card goodness !
Mind Grind, xub
Sorcery, Rare
Each opponent reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals X land cards, then puts all cards revealed this way into his or her graveyard. X can't be 0.

MaRo Mothersite preview.  Dimir looks ready to deliver some decent milling cards and Mind Grind is just amazing.  This will rock in most formats and will be just a beast in limited.  We think that many will start to consider constructed builds with Jace's Phantasm, Duskmantle Guildmage and Consuming Aberration.  We have to go shopping at MTG Mint Card again to scrape together a proper milling deck with all these very kewl Dimir cards.

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Sorcery, Rare
Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target artifact or creature.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Dave Humpherys Mothersite preview.  Wazzup with all the 6 cmc cards?  If you have a blue EDH / Commander deck, you may want to consider this in your build.  We will personally high-five the first player to have a game go down with Invisible Stalker encoded with Stolen Identity.

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Other Gatecrash cards surfacing today :

Boros Keyrune, 3
Artifact, Uncommon
{T}: Add {R} or {W} to your mana pool.
{R}{W}: Boros Keyrune becomes a 1/1 red and white Soldier artifact creature with double strike until end of turn.
Wizards Card Image Gallery.  We now have the Boros, Dimir, and Gruul Keyrunes. Waiting on Orzhov and Simic. 

Crocanura, 2g
Creature - Crocodile Frog, Common
Reach
Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
1/3
Gathering Magic preview.  Oh Simic - so weird and wonderful with your critter hybrids.  Love the 'Froc' here.

Dimir Charm, ub
Instant, Uncommon
Choose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.
ChannelFireball preview.  This is the first guild charm to date.  We're thinking this looks great for limited.

Signal the Clans, rg
Instant, Uncommon
Search your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you searched for three cards with different names, choose one at random at put it into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library.
MTG Japan preview.  Odd wording here but we'll wait for the final English card text until passing judgement.  So far it appears that should you choose 3 different, you'll get a random creature, otherwise, they'll all shuffle back into your library.

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Sunhome Guildmage, rw
Creature - Human Wizard, Uncommon
1{R}{W}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
2{R}{W}: Put a 1/1 red and white Soldier creature token with haste onto the battlefield.
2/2
Day9 Preview.  We've never heard of Day9 before but it looks like Sean Plott runs all sorts of gaming multimedia thingys.  This Guildmage does not make the cut in our opinion for limited or constructed.

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Urban Evolution, 3gu
Sorcery, Uncommon
Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn.
LoadingReadyRun preview.  Looks good for EDH / Commander as well as limited but we're not quite satisfied whether this will be popular with the standard crowd.
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Ravnica Guild Wallpapers

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,As it is Friday, make certain you cut loose your previously scheduled engagements and head off to your local gaming store tonight and get into a Friday Night Magic event.  To find out where the card-slinging n3rds are converging this evening in your shire, check out this handy locator page.  We'll be heading down to OMG! Games, here in Barrie, Ontario this evening for a chance to win this month's FNM promo 'Gitaxian Probe' (really Wizards?).  It may be a lighter crowd tonight at the card shop as some of the players may be fine-tuning their Modern format strategies for GP Toronto this weekend.  If you don't want the playmat from this tournament, eMail us to swing a deal.

Anywhoos - onto today's post!
WotC Monty had provided some outstanding wallpapers yesterday on the mothersite commissioned specifically for Art Fight: Ravnica.  Here's the wallpapers to fancy-up your desktop for each of the ten Guilds featured in Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash . . .

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Gatecrash Legendaries

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

We hope all of our American readers had a great Thanksgiving long weekend and were able to get in some Magic: the Gathering games.  We did not get out to our regular Friday Night Magic Event at OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario on Friday but chose rather to take in a movie.  We went to the Uptown Theatre which is actually downtown Barrie and watched the weird but wonderful Cloud Atlas.  The Uptown Theatre is now licensed (for grown-up beverages) and all the old seats replaced by comfy La-Z-Boy recliners. 

In MTG related news, we are hard at work tweaking our standard strategies, and developing a new EDH / Commander build as well as getting some last minute additions from MTG Mint Card for a modern deck.  We'll yatter about these things latter but for today, we wanted to cover off the 5 legendary guild leaders expected in the next Return to Ravnica set, Gatecrash.  The guilds are Boros (red / white), Dimir (black / blue), Gruul (Red / Green) Orzhov (black / white) and Simic (blue / green).

This post is meant as more of a review of known flavour on these leaders and the unofficial Gatecrash spoiler of two of the leaders in which to extrapolate and speculate as to what the remaning three Legendary cards may deliver.  Let's go . . .

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Aurelia: the Belligerence behind the Boros. The current guild leader is Aurelia, a ferocious archangel who ascended through the Boros ranks. After the death of Razia, founder of the Boros, and the disgrace of Feather, the previous angel guildmaster, the warleader Aurelia challenged Feather’s ascendancy. Aurelia argued that a disgraced angel couldn’t command authority or respect, and many agreed. Aurelia quickly shamed into silence those who didn’t support her, and she soon took command of the guild. While Razia was more of a figurehead, aloof and untouchable, Aurelia is an active, forceful leader who is directly involved with her underlings. She has urged the Boros to adopt her impassioned ideals and to take action to enforce them.
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Lazav, the Dimir Mastermind. Lazav is a shapeshifting mage who serves as the nexus of telepathic impressions of the entire Dimir network. He (or she, or it) shapeshifts into a variety of guises as his needs and plans require; he may step out into the Ravnican streets as an elderly widow to eavesdrop at the bazaar, become a vedalken hussar to sidestep a checkpoint, or transform into a Tin Street merchant to deceive a passing noble. Some Dimir agents believe that Lazav plots against Niv-Mizzet to discern the dragon’s hidden endgame and twist it for his own purposes.
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Borborygmos, Alpha of the Clans. Though no Gruul clan leader has ever managed to dominate or unify all the clans, one is spoken of in reverential tones: Borborygmos. An unusually massive cyclops and the savage leader of the Burning-Tree Clan, Borborygmos “smashes his enemies into paste, then uses that paste to polish his boots,” as the saying goes. Borborygmos has defended his position as the Gruul’s mightiest clan leader for several decades now and has killed many upstarts. But though he’s still an extraordinary warrior, Borborygmos is beginning to show his age. The challenges to his leadership have become more frequent and his victories more narrow.
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Obzedat, the Ghost Council. The Orzhov guild is ruled by the Obzedat, a council of ghostly autocrats who have maintained their wealth and power even as they’ve shed their mortal forms. Members of the Obzedat have managed to cheat mortality, maintaining their consciousness (and their greed) beyond the threshold of death. They are paranoid and spiteful dictators, often going out of their way to thwart ambitious underlings, crush rumormongers, and spy on potential enemies. The Obzedat rarely speak directly with those outside the guild; instead they communicate through their official envoy, Teysa Karlov.
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Prime Speaker Zegana. The regal and reticent merfolk called Zegana is the current guildmaster of the Simic Combine. She is the Speaker for Zonot One, the first of the mysterious sinkholes to emerge on Ravnica, and she delivered the Fathom Edict that declared a new beginning for the Combine. Zegana is quick to point out, however, that she speaks at the discretion of the Speakers’ Chamber, a secretive body of all nine of the zonots’ speakers. She claims that the Chamber can revoke that status, at which time another Speaker would replace her as the guildmaster. Many outside the Simic believe this is false modesty, however, and that Zegana controls the Chamber—if it actually meets at all.
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Choose your Guild 2

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

As we continue to churn through a number of Return to Ravnica spoilers and art previews, we wanted to take a moment to smell the roses with the very cool work Wizards of the Coast has done with the Planeswalker Points site.  If you've played Magic the Gathering at any sort of organised event (like Friday Night Magic) or tournament / competitive play, then you have a DCI membership card.  With Return to Ravnica excitement ramping up, WoTC has provided a very cool 'Choose your Guild' tab on the Planeswalker Points site.  Just login with your DCI number & password and select a guild.  Once in a guild, you’ll work alongside other guild members to earn achievements and raise your guild to the top of the leaderboard.  Not sure what guild you might be in? -Then take the cool Guild Quiz. 

One 'accepted' by your Guild, you get one of these very lovely letters.  Here are the Guilds featured in the Gatecrash set . . . Wizards are brilliant here with the creativity.
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The Boros Legion stands ready to maintain order on Ravnica with its fearless army of angels and knights.

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 The Simic Combine investigates the deepest realms of life, exploring its secrets and revealing its powers.

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The Orzhov Syndicate controls the flow of wealth and souls through the debts that extend deep into the afterlife.

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House Dimir seeks to control all knowledge, making Ravnica dance on its puppet string.

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 The Gruul Clans rage across Ravnica teating down everything in their path, reducting the great city to rubble and ash.

The Gruul letter nearly made our milk shoot through our nose.  Awesome - now we're thinking of sprucing up our resumé with something similar.
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Choose your Guild 1

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

As we continue to churn through a number of Return to Ravnica spoilers and art previews, we wanted to take a moment to smell the roses with the very cool work Wizards of the Coast has done with the Planeswalker Points site.  If you've played Magic the Gathering at any sort of organised event (like Friday Night Magic) or tournament / competitive play, then you have a DCI membership card.  With Return to Ravnica excitement ramping up, WoTC has provided a very cool 'Choose your Guild' tab on the Planeswalker Points site.  Just login with your DCI number & password and select a guild.  Once in a guild, you’ll work alongside other guild members to earn achievements and raise your guild to the top of the leaderboard.  Not sure what guild you might be in? -Then take the cool Guild Quiz. 

One 'accepted' by your Guild, you get one of these very lovely letters.  Here are the Guilds featured in the Return to Ravnica set . . . Wizards are brilliant here with the creativity.
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The Azorious Senate creates and enforces laws that prevent Ravnica from slipping into chaos.

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 The Selesnya Conclave communes as one interconnected soul dedicated to defending the purity of nature's immaculate order.

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The Golgari Swarm reveres the natural cycles of life and death and ensures an abundance of both.

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The Izzet League endlessly invents new forms of magic and machinery to serve Ravnica as well as its own boundless curiousity. 

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The Cult of Radkos is dedicated to wild revelry, debauched public displays, and senseless acts of destuction.

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