Ideas for a Third Ravnica Block
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Posted on May 31, 2017, 9:56 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
Although WotC currently does not have any official plans to have a third Ravnica block, I believe that it is safe to presume that there shall eventualyl eb such a block, because the plane is popular with the players and the staff of WotC have also expressed optimistic opinions of such a possibility, as well.
Therefore, I wish to compile a list of unresolved plot lines and other ideas for the story of such a block.
The first and most obvious plot line is Jace's repeated absences from the plane and the effects that such absences are having. I believe that this shall be the trigger that starts the entire plot of the block and shall lead to Jace passing the mantle of the guildpact to someone else, most likely either Lavinia or Teysa.
On the subject of Teysa, she shall almost certainly be involved in the story of a third Ravnica block, and I believe that she shall either find a way to finally usurp the Obzedat and become the new leader of the Orzhov guild or become the new guildpact; either way, she shall rise up from her most recent defeat, stronger and more authoritative than ever before.
Niv-Mizzet is highly suspicious of Ral Zarek, so I suspect that he (Niv-Mizzet) shall finally learn that Ral is a planeswalker and attempt to either transfer Ral's spark into himself or study Ral's ability to make a planar portal, akin to the one that Rashmi made on Kaladesh.
The most recent story showed that Mazirek was planning an uprising of the Kraul, to either take over the entire Golgari guild or even the entirety of Ravnica, so I expect that to be a major plot line in a potential third Ravnica block.
Vraska shall almost certainly be involved, as well, but she is currently the greatest unknown factor/wild card, since her goals are currently unknown.
As a side note, a third printing of the shocklands would certainly be nice, but I would much prefer to see reprints of the filter lands from Shadowmoor and Eventide, and have the shocklands reprinted on another plane, to prove that they are not specific to a single plane.
What does everyone else say about this? What are your ideas for a third Ravnica block?
Shattergang Brothers were still blowing things up last I knew; giving Gideon trouble (link). Krenko, Mob Boss had killed one of their brothers. Place is probably in shambles.
May 31, 2017 11:15 p.m. Edited.
I totally agree about Teysa and the Obzedat. My prediction is that Teysa will hire Kaya, Ghost Assassin to kill the Obzedat so she and the whole Orzhov can be free from their rule.
June 1, 2017 8:41 a.m.
RicketyEng says... #5
Vraska has petrified several members of the Azorius. Ral Zarek also reported that she has been planeswalking to a location that Project Lightning Bug can't detect.
I thought this was mentioned in Homesick, but I can't seem to find it there. I keep thinking of a short story snippet with Jace and Ral meeting at a Rakdos show and having a telepathic conversation but I don't know where it went.
June 1, 2017 9 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #6
tpmains, yes, that would be awesome, as long as Kaya was not able to destroy them too easily, since the Obzedat are extremely powerful and also a major antagonist to Teysa, so they need to have a properly epic ending, if such an event is to occur.
June 1, 2017 10:48 p.m.
RicketyEng says... #8
Project Lightning Bug is the story that tells of Ral Zarek conducting an experiment to track planeswalkers and how he was afraid of Niv-Mizzet learning the truth.
The story I couldn't think of at the time is at the beginning of In This Very Arena. Ral inform Jace that he has secretly continued using Project Lightning Bug to track Jace and other planeswalkers. He chastised Jace for abandoning his post so often. Ral also informed him that Vraska has been making strange walks for which he has not been able to detect her destination.
Homesick is the story where we get told that Vraska has petrified several Azorius members.
June 6, 2017 11:08 a.m. Edited.
RicketyEng says... #9
A correction to my comment above:
Vraska made one anomalous planeswalk and hasn't returned to Ravnica since then. That occurred during the Inventors' Fair shortly before Liliana returned with Jace and Gideon.
I would guess that Vraska's appearance in Mazirek's story occurred before the anomalous walk. Its relation to her attacks on the Azorius is less certain.
pskinn01 says... #2
You say they have no current plans. I say they probably do. They do plan things years in advance. And Maro has said that a second return was high on the list of possibilities of planes to be returned to. Also the continued story parts mentioning issues with Jace's absence, and the new story show a second return is prob immanent.
May 31, 2017 10:10 p.m.