Found this floating around the internet today. It's just key art and doesn't really tell us anything we couldn't guess, but it does confirm Vraska will appear, likely on a card.
I'm surprised to see her depicted this way. I liked the "beautiful Medusa" approach in Ixalan (which yes, is an ancient artistic trope of depicting Medusa as beautiful, but cursed, rather than cursed to be ugly).
That's probably the best artistic portrayal of Vraska they've done so far, save for Vraska, Relic Seeker. She looks so much more sophisticated than sinister.
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She looks more vicious and "drunk with power" here than in her Ixalan art imo. Makes sense since she lost her memories and has supposedly just recently carved out her place as queen of the Golgari with Bolas's help. I still wonder if her being in Guilds of Ravnica means there will be no legendary guildleader creature for the Golgari as Vraska basically has to take that spot (similar to Saheeli pushing the Izzet artificer legend out of Kaladesh).
There was a story on the mothership over a year ago where her and Mazirek were talking in some long forgotten crypt, or whatever, and there was a humming of wings and other noise. I bet that the bug may be from that. Mazirek wanted to bring down Jarad, the current/old guild leader, and Vraska was willing to help and with the promise of Nicol Bolas and her being the new guild leader those bugs could be whatever Mazirek was planning.
There was a story on the mothership over a year ago where her and Mazirek were talking in some long forgotten crypt, or whatever, and there was a humming of wings and other noise. I bet that the bug may be from that. Mazirek wanted to bring down Jarad, the current/old guild leader, and Vraska was willing to help and with the promise of Nicol Bolas and her being the new guild leader those bugs could be whatever Mazirek was planning.
Maybe it's just a Kraul baby/larva that signifies her alliance with the insectoids.
I thought the story had Mazirek uncovering a lost tomb of ghost soldiers, which he planned to use to overthrow Jarad.
Reading back over it you're right. Not sure why I thought that they were insects. Oh well, off I go being snip and getting things wrong somewhere else.
I think that arch shape in its pincers that you've pointed out looking similar to Spikes is supposed to resemble the Golgari symbol. I don't think it has any connection to spikes.
She looks more vicious and "drunk with power" here than in her Ixalan art imo. Makes sense since she lost her memories and has supposedly just recently carved out her place as queen of the Golgari with Bolas's help. I still wonder if her being in Guilds of Ravnica means there will be no legendary guildleader creature for the Golgari as Vraska basically has to take that spot (similar to Saheeli pushing the Izzet artificer legend out of Kaladesh).
Difference is the guildeaders a part of a cycle (there was no such cycle Kaladesh) and the already had something similar with Ral and Melek.
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She looks more vicious and "drunk with power" here than in her Ixalan art imo. Makes sense since she lost her memories and has supposedly just recently carved out her place as queen of the Golgari with Bolas's help. I still wonder if her being in Guilds of Ravnica means there will be no legendary guildleader creature for the Golgari as Vraska basically has to take that spot (similar to Saheeli pushing the Izzet artificer legend out of Kaladesh).
Well in our last visit to Ravinca, the RTR set had both Vraska AND Jarad (the 'last' Guildleader). So they have given us two 'guild' mythics in the same set before.
So maybe what we will get is something like Vraska, Guild Leader. And then a mythic legendary creature that is the former guildleader wanting revenge or some upcoming guild member wanting to take the position.
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That artist should make ALL future vraska , so she doesnt look like a clown anymore ...
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There was a story on the mothership over a year ago where her and Mazirek were talking in some long forgotten crypt, or whatever, and there was a humming of wings and other noise. I bet that the bug may be from that. Mazirek wanted to bring down Jarad, the current/old guild leader, and Vraska was willing to help and with the promise of Nicol Bolas and her being the new guild leader those bugs could be whatever Mazirek was planning.
Reading back over it you're right. Not sure why I thought that they were insects. Oh well, off I go being snip and getting things wrong somewhere else.
There are seemingly petals growing out of it, so maybe it's just a new Golgari Saproling. Or if not petals, then maybe some sponge-y fungus?
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Difference is the guildeaders a part of a cycle (there was no such cycle Kaladesh) and the already had something similar with Ral and Melek.
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Well in our last visit to Ravinca, the RTR set had both Vraska AND Jarad (the 'last' Guildleader). So they have given us two 'guild' mythics in the same set before.
So maybe what we will get is something like Vraska, Guild Leader. And then a mythic legendary creature that is the former guildleader wanting revenge or some upcoming guild member wanting to take the position.