{"id":12021,"date":"2026-01-20T09:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mizoutcg.fr\/mtglore\/retour-ravnica\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:23:32","slug":"retour-ravnica","status":"publish","type":"lore","link":"https:\/\/mizoutcg.fr\/en\/mtglore\/retour-ravnica\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 18: Return to Ravnica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ravnica is a city-world.<\/strong> An entirely urbanized plane, divided among ten guilds that have shared power for millennia. The Guildpact maintained a precarious balance \u2014 but that balance has been broken, and Jace Beleren finds himself at the heart of a crisis that could destroy civilization itself.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The Ten Guilds<\/h2>\n\n<p>Each guild of Ravnica represented a unique combination of two mana colors, with its own philosophy and role in society:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/c20\/217\/fr\/isperia-juge-supr%C3%AAme-(isperia-supreme-judge)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/f\/0\/f08b0cc2-6f46-44f4-935c-2eb78f8933bd.jpg?1645514942\" alt=\"Isperia, Supreme Judge\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Isperia led the Azorius Senate, guardian of Ravnica&#039;s laws.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Azorius<\/strong> (white\/blue) \u2014 The Senate, guardians of the law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orzhov<\/strong> (white\/black) \u2014 The Syndicate, bankers and extortionists<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimir<\/strong> (blue\/black) \u2014 The secret guild, spies and assassins<\/li>\n<li><strong>Izzet<\/strong> (blue\/red) \u2014 The League, inventors and experimenters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rakdos<\/strong> (black\/red) \u2014 The Cult, entertainers and sadists<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golgari<\/strong> (black\/green) \u2014 The Swarm, recyclers and necromancers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gruul<\/strong> (red\/green) \u2014 The Clans, anarchists and destroyers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boros<\/strong> (red\/white) \u2014 The Legion, soldiers and lawbringers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selesnya<\/strong> (green\/white) \u2014 The Conclave, harmony and nature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simic<\/strong> (green\/blue) \u2014 The Combine, biologists and mutants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>The Guildpact<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/ltc\/272\/fr\/verdict-supr%C3%AAme-(supreme-verdict)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/5\/3\/53c908a4-eaaf-42f0-ae8a-80ecdd71e4da.jpg?1698805109\" alt=\"Supreme Verdict\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Supreme Verdict was the ultimate expression of Azorius power \u2014 a law no one could escape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The <strong>Guildpact<\/strong> was a magical document that bound the ten guilds to certain rules. Signed millennia earlier, it prevented open warfare and guaranteed a minimum of cooperation.<\/p>\n\n<p>But the Pact had been broken \u2014 its magical protections had ceased to function. Tensions between guilds, long contained, threatened to erupt into civil war.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Jace, the Living Guildpact<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/cmm\/851\/fr\/jace-architecte-des-pens%C3%A9es-(jace-architect-of-thought)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/2\/b\/2b847a85-0875-4100-bfa7-9f861a4e7943.jpg?1734879586\" alt=\"Jace, Architect of Thought\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jace discovered that he had become the new Guildpact \u2014 a crushing responsibility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Jace Beleren<\/strong> discovered, to his great surprise, that he had become the new <strong>Living Guildpact<\/strong> \u2014 his mind now contained the magical rules that bound the guilds. This unwanted responsibility placed him at the center of every conflict on Ravnica.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Bolas's Scheme<\/h2>\n\n<p>Behind Ravnica's troubles lurked a familiar hand. <strong>Nicol Bolas<\/strong> had infiltrated the guilds, manipulating their leaders for his own ends. His ultimate goal: turn Ravnica into a trap for the planeswalkers of the Multiverse.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/c19\/207\/fr\/vraska-linapparente-(vraska-the-unseen)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/3\/f\/3f612296-65cd-4283-b374-8365a44abb0d.jpg?1645513136\" alt=\"Vraska the Unseen\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Vraska, the gorgon assassin, secretly worked for Bolas \u2014 but had her own motivations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The ancient dragon had discovered that Ravnica, due to its unique position in the Multiverse, could serve as a convergence point. The right ritual could draw all planeswalkers there \u2014 and strip them of their powers.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The Heroes of Ravnica<\/h2>\n\n<p>Facing Bolas's machinations, several heroes emerged:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"mtg-card mtg-card-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scryfall.com\/card\/mul\/35\/fr\/aur%C3%A9lia-la-meneuse-de-guerre-(aurelia-the-warleader)?utm_source=api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voir sur Scryfall\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cards.scryfall.io\/normal\/front\/1\/2\/12edda3b-ea08-48e8-ac34-4e3f13e621ea.jpg?1681969403\" alt=\"Aurelia, the Warleader\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Aurelia led the Boros Legion with a ferocity that struck terror into her enemies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Aurelia<\/strong> led the Boros Legion, maintaining order through force. <strong>Teysa Karlov<\/strong> tried to reform the Orzhov from within. <strong>Lazav<\/strong>, master of House Dimir, pursued his own secret agendas.<\/p>\n\n<p>And in the midst of it all, Jace desperately tried to keep the peace \u2014 an impossible task in a city where everyone plotted against everyone else.<\/p>\n\n<h2>In the next episode...<\/h2>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Episode 8f: Theros \u2014 The Tragedy of Elspeth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theros is a world inspired by Greek mythology, where the gods are real and intervene directly in the affairs of mortals. Elspeth Tirel finds refuge there after the horrors of New Phyrexia \u2014 but even the gods have their own tragedies to write.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtg.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ravnica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MTG Wiki: Ravnica<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 The city-world and its guilds<\/li>\n<li><strong>Return to Ravnica<\/strong> (Magic expansion, 2012)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gatecrash<\/strong> (Magic expansion, 2013)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dragon's Maze<\/strong> (Magic expansion, 2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ravnica is a city-world. An entirely urbanized plane, divided among ten guilds that have shared power for millennia. The Guildpact maintained a precarious balance \u2014 but that balance has been broken, and Jace Beleren finds himself at the heart of a crisis that could destroy civilization itself. 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