Ravnica Guild Wars Battle Box
(420 Card Cube)
Ravnica Guild Wars Battle Box
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Art by Volkan BaǵaArt by Volkan Baǵa
420 Card Battle Box Set Cube1 follower
Designed by Encinomancer
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Most of the cards included are from the plane of Ravnica. For the rest of the box I limited myself to generic cards that adhered to the Ravnican theme. I tried to feature all of the guilds evenly across the cards and mechanics. I'm trying to prioritize flavor as much as possible without limiting myself strictly to cards from the Ravnica blocks.

I tried to keep the power level low and flat but I'm sure outliers will pop up during play. Multicolored cards are intentionally better than monocolored cards. Putrefy, Mortify, and Lightning Helix represent the gold standard for removal - monocolored removal is more limited or conditional. Board wipes are mostly conditional. Sphinx of the Guildpact was my general balancing point for creatures.

Land destruction, ramp, and card advantage aren't totally forbidden but these effects are rare. I prioritized cantrips across the board to avoid dead draws, so there's a good amount of looting. Fixing is present to smooth casting, but as of my second pass of edits I've tried to avoid cards that don't do anything other than fix your mana.

I play with the standard battle box/danger room rules except my players have access to one copy of each guildgate as well as one copy of each basic land. This raises the maximum land cap to fifteen, but games don't tend to go that long in my experience.

Notes:

  • Complex boardstates
  • Hard removal is rare
  • Slower games, low power level reminiscent of old school Rav/MTG
  • No planeswalkers or legendary creatures

Suggestions are always appreciated!

No more edits as of July. Play some games before you overtweak this thing.

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