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  • Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
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    Learn about the citywide plane of Ravnica in Part 1 of a 3 part series exploring the setting and the 10 guilds found within
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    0:00 - Intro and Characteristic
    8:40 - Guild and Guildless
    14:08 - History
    22:40 - Outro
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  • @randomperson4915
    @randomperson4915 Рік тому +28

    Magic vs taxes: the plane

  • @torysaccount5753
    @torysaccount5753 Рік тому +11

    Minor note: Maybe I'm wrong, but as I understand it, District 1-10 is the area the city took up when the guild pact was signed 10 thousand years ago. Back then, not everything was covered in buildings, but as the city spread, new districts were added. Nowadays, they are numberless and unimaginably diverse.

  • @thatguyintherain3168
    @thatguyintherain3168 Рік тому +5

    I've never clicked so fast, you literally have no idea how much I love ravnica. Excited to watch!

    • @milosuscumlic4095
      @milosuscumlic4095 Рік тому +4

      Guilds of ravnica was the set that got me into MTG. This plane is priceless.

    • @rennac3152
      @rennac3152 Рік тому +1

      No matter what set we’re on, Ravinica always comes to mind

  • @Filipedanielomg
    @Filipedanielomg 11 місяців тому +2

    Discovered the channel a week ago. Been devouring these videos, with my preference shifting to the story driven ones, like those that follow a particular's character path or recount an event.
    The others are good too, like 6/10, but I find my mind drifting away and end up having to backtrack on the video.
    The music doesn't always fit certain bits of the stories, with "epic" grandiose tracks being played when nothing of the sort is happening, but that's fine too.
    Overall, this channel as been a pleasant surprise, thank you for all the work.

  • @antivalidisme5669
    @antivalidisme5669 Рік тому +2

    Here we are. I feel like I will love this series. After all those years I just realized that both Szadek and Agrus illustrations are the work of the of the same artist thanks to you, awesome. Cheers!

  • @RazorOfArtorias
    @RazorOfArtorias Рік тому +2

    My favorite plane next to Dominaria. Thanks for this new video series!

  • @prestonjudd7663
    @prestonjudd7663 Рік тому +2

    As a quick note, Azor wasn’t native to Ravnica. In one of the novellas for RTR block the bailiff mentions as such.

  • @genius11433
    @genius11433 Рік тому +4

    A good overview into one of my favorite planes in MTG. Personally, I would love to see WOTC explore stories that take place elsewhere on the plane, other than the 10th district.
    A question, though: Is it really stated in canon that Azor is from Ravnica? Memory serving, Azor had been hopping from plane to plane establishing constitutions, structures, and laws until he got trapped on Ixalan; I don't recall that it was ever explicitly stated that Ravnica was his home plane.

  • @paytonhaney4273
    @paytonhaney4273 Рік тому +4

    WOOOOO RAVNICA!!!

  • @phyllo5265
    @phyllo5265 Рік тому +1

    That was really cool. One of my favorite planes. Thank you!

  • @bashilol4975
    @bashilol4975 7 місяців тому

    very underrated video, you have a great voice for explaining and storytelling

  • @lugh.i
    @lugh.i Рік тому

    00:44 "The first of three videos about Ravnica"
    Yes.... Yes! YES!

  • @TheSwordsman100
    @TheSwordsman100 Рік тому +4

    Ravnica is one of my favorite planes and was one of the two planes that got me into MTG. (the other being Innistrad) I think what really helps this plane stand out apart from the guilds is the land cards, the designers couldn't do the standard mold so each color gets to reflect the city in unique ways not typically seen on other planes.

  • @Flyboy245
    @Flyboy245 Рік тому

    Looking forward to the next 2 videos

  • @TheMightyBattleSquid
    @TheMightyBattleSquid Рік тому +1

    Those of us in the Dice Try discord have been talking about Ravnica quite a bit lately, specifically how there are apparently enough guildless to outnumber the guilds but we only have like 3 cards in the more recent sets that represent them. Furthermore, some guilds like Selesnya have D E E P history that gives a totally different idea of the guild from what we usually see. According to the wiki, "Despite their appearance of being "good" and "peace-loving", in truth the guild has a sinister streak. The Conclave used to employ its "Quietmen" and other members to silence the civilians of Ravnica... During the events of Agents of Artifice, the Selesnya were lynched en masse due to the citizens realising their role in forcing the oppression of the guilds."
    Sidenote: I, personally, definitely prefer the old vision of Ravnica, where the people were so diverse you couldn't always tell what guild someone was from. "Guilds of" and onward were more of a "greatest hits" experience, imo. The Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica book, thankfully, seems to go back to a lot of that.

    • @rennac3152
      @rennac3152 Рік тому

      When you realize every guild has an elite kill team or commando unit. All reflective of the culture and environments of the rest of the guild they reflect

  • @platypus121212
    @platypus121212 Рік тому +8

    Im sad you didnt mention yhe Nephilim, theyre such a strange part of Ravnica's history

    • @steelberserk
      @steelberserk 11 місяців тому

      He mentions them in his shorts if it makes a difference

    • @Kv0sol
      @Kv0sol 10 місяців тому

      this is a 3 part video.

  • @tigerrexer729
    @tigerrexer729 Рік тому +2

    Ravnica is New York before the Mudflood.

  • @Gabrielarandapedroza
    @Gabrielarandapedroza 11 місяців тому

    :0 Best Story The Guilds Why I Keep Playing Boros For Life

  • @TheWcasey
    @TheWcasey Рік тому +2

    Ravnica Guilds time.

  • @xayidegreymind5782
    @xayidegreymind5782 11 місяців тому +1

    Ravnica the Ankh-Morpork of mtg

  • @rennac3152
    @rennac3152 Рік тому +1

    My Plane. My City. My Guild. Remember the creed

  • @lkledu2
    @lkledu2 Рік тому

    to understand the guild pact we need to return to ixalan, it will be amazing to return there

  • @testogel85
    @testogel85 Рік тому +2

    Ravnica time.... I have been waiting for this

    • @rennac3152
      @rennac3152 Рік тому

      Heart of the lore, center of the multiverse as far as most walkers are concerned

  • @theonedraven8007
    @theonedraven8007 Рік тому

    If youre up for a challenge, you could do the lore of "The Legend of Heroes" series xD

  • @ColorwaveCraftsCo
    @ColorwaveCraftsCo 11 місяців тому

    Ravnica is one of the most iconic planes in Magic

  • @grimagenpillgrim2647
    @grimagenpillgrim2647 Рік тому

    Yooo my dude dont staaaahp

  • @C.A.A93
    @C.A.A93 Рік тому

    Rakdos ❤🖤

  • @kojbo
    @kojbo 6 місяців тому

    This was in my reccommended because i watched some yugioh videos prior, don't know nothing about magic the gathering, just wanted to say it's neat seing something named in my own language even if it is misspronounced.

  • @thomasngy.5378
    @thomasngy.5378 Рік тому +2

    Ravnica 💙🖤🤍

  • @finnmchugh99
    @finnmchugh99 Рік тому

    Ahh Ravnica, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere... it's like New York with hocus pocus and guilds and unions and...Nevermind its exactly like New York XD

  • @g2poodlehead
    @g2poodlehead Рік тому +24

    I am so hopeful that Ravnica will become a 4-color faction set. With most guilds shattered or missing, and the plane largely deconstructed, I think it may be an opportunity for the nephilim-colored factions to form!

    • @laszlokaszas1003
      @laszlokaszas1003 Рік тому +5

      I sadly remind people that the Simic guild was literally wiped out in the first block's story, but was totally functional in Return to Ravnica

    • @g2poodlehead
      @g2poodlehead Рік тому +3

      @@laszlokaszas1003 True. My thinking is not necessarily that the idea of the guilds is gone, but moreso that what remains of each guild may align itself with a fragment of another guild, should there be a paradigm shift on the plane. An example being Golgari remnants, now brought to the surface, may realize that aligning with the Boros is beneficial for protection and the Boros recognizing that being able to revive their ranks is essential / Radicalized and desperate Selesnya warriors realizing that they don't mind a little more bloodshed than they did previously, while some Rakdos members start to gain an appreciation for construction and not just it's opposite.
      Both of these combos would create a RBGW "guild" which touches upon previous themes but injects some flavorful nuance into its individual parts. I think a former Rakdos carnie growing some beautiful but deadly carnivorous plants, or a Boros quartermaster dabbling with necromancy to keep their troops refreshed would be thematic of their histories but colorfully diverse as well

    • @TheSwordsman100
      @TheSwordsman100 Рік тому +1

      @@g2poodlehead
      I honestly would hate the idea as proposed as Boros is my favorite guild because of that paladin flavor, mixing the guilds with the other guilds they would fundamentally oppose normally would just dilute and get rid of what made each special IMO. Though I guess it could still work if instead of the contrasting elements coming together it was the ones with similarities. For example Boros, Selesnya and Azourias united via their shared connection through white. (So WRGU instead of RBGW)

    • @g2poodlehead
      @g2poodlehead Рік тому

      @@TheSwordsman100 oh absolutely, I totally get that idea too! Yeah I defaulted to the extremes for sure, but I think it can be done with any two guilds, but I hadn't even thought about three guilds combining to accomplish the same effect. They all have some fundamental differences and would have to concede some aspects, but I think it could be a possible way to maintain some nostalgic flavor and simultaneously change up the formula!

    • @brentdye1504
      @brentdye1504 Рік тому

      @@g2poodlehead I think the ten guilds form new factions.

  • @user-qs8kh5dn5w
    @user-qs8kh5dn5w Рік тому

    ravnica books were the best

  • @yughioh
    @yughioh Рік тому

    #TeamSimicCombine 🌳💧

  • @lkledu2
    @lkledu2 Рік тому

    not everyone choose to be guildless, some are just dimir that forgot they are dimir lmao

  • @jacobwilbers9852
    @jacobwilbers9852 Рік тому

    I think thats the first time i have heard someone use the American pronunciation of internecine and im American. The other one is better though.

  • @rebelarmygaming6570
    @rebelarmygaming6570 2 місяці тому

    And now, weird detective stuff? I love Ravnica, it’s a shame wizards is losing its flavor