We’ve got two sets out of the return to the return to Ravnica, so it’s time to peer again at the basic land box and see what we want to put in. Neither Guilds nor Allegiance had basic lands in the packs, just guilds. So it’s a little tricky to find “basic lands”. But we have our ways.

First, Ravnica Allegiance had “Guild Weekends”. None of which I’ve ever seen but they do have a basic for each guild!

I’m not sure how I feel about the guild watermark flooding the box. The Gruul looks pretty sweet I admit (and I also like how it’s more than just a city tinted blue/green/etc.). I also badly need new plains that are more than just a flat landscape. Azorius looks good too. I’m not wild about the giant guild watermark in the box (though the ‘flaming tree’ is pretty sweet), might have to see how they look in real–

(record screech)

Whoa, GUILDS of Ravnica had these special basic lands too?

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Wow, some of those are spectacular! I particularly like the Selesnya one, since its not just a ‘white-tinted cityscape’. That has always been my gripe with a lot of the Ravnica basic lands: they’re just a color-shaded skyline. But holy ground does often have well manicured lawns, so having that be the ‘plains’ is a pretty neat way of having the land be more than just a building.

Well that was easy.