Flavor fail: the Dimir is the guild that ‚does not exist‘, but is always present in the artwork of these type of cards.
Given the sheer consistency of the Dimir being in the art of these types of cards, I think this presence is intentional.
At any rate, the Dimir's cover was already blown in time for Return to Ravnica. They were already opening their Public Offices last Ravnica block (according to Dinrova Horror). It's now only the guild nobody wants to admit exists (including its own members).
Flavour pass with flying colours (pun unintended): Tablet of the Guilds-esque, the Azorius logo is still on top.
The Dimir was known to anyone involved in the initial Guildpact. Given, you know, that was the binding magical treaty to make the guilds work.
...until RAV1 where half the guild leaders tried to kill everyone anyway...
The issue is that Niv and Rakdos just kinda never cared? Everyone else who knew was, you know, dead. But all the Guildpack stuff should just have the Dimir listed in them somewhere.
This should have been "T: Add XY mana to your mana pool" (or I guess "add one mana of two colors to your mana pool") to really give off a guild vibe and show that you want to use it for multicolor spells, but maybe that would have been too much too.
Exactly what I thought. And it would have still been perfectly balanced.
Flavor fail: the Dimir is the guild that ‚does not exist‘, but is always present in the artwork of these type of cards.
Given the sheer consistency of the Dimir being in the art of these types of cards, I think this presence is intentional.
At any rate, the Dimir's cover was already blown in time for Return to Ravnica. They were already opening their Public Offices last Ravnica block (according to Dinrova Horror). It's now only the guild nobody wants to admit exists (including its own members).
Flavour pass with flying colours (pun unintended): Tablet of the Guilds-esque, the Azorius logo is still on top.
The problem of inconsistency here is that we did not have a clear definition of the secrecy of the Dimir. For some the Dimir is secret, while for others what is secret about them is just the work of information stealing and selling, while the existence of the Guild itself is not a secret. They are leaning toward the latter nowadays.
As I understand, the Dimir operate on three levels:
1. The Overt. The public faces of the Dimir serve as couriers, journalists, and librarians, all legal professions involving information that secretly double as convenient positions of espionage for the lower levels.
2. The Covert. The lower secret level, consisting of thieves, spies, assassins, and other black ops specialists. This is where many of the Dimir's criminal actions are carried out.
3. The Clandestine. The high secret level, which even most Dimir know little or nothing about. These are the masterminds, issuing commands to covert operatives. The Guild leader is obviously part of this level.
That said, their existence is known to the general public, but mostly through the Overt level.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
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Given the sheer consistency of the Dimir being in the art of these types of cards, I think this presence is intentional.
At any rate, the Dimir's cover was already blown in time for Return to Ravnica. They were already opening their Public Offices last Ravnica block (according to Dinrova Horror). It's now only the guild nobody wants to admit exists (including its own members).
Flavour pass with flying colours (pun unintended): Tablet of the Guilds-esque, the Azorius logo is still on top.
...until RAV1 where half the guild leaders tried to kill everyone anyway...
The issue is that Niv and Rakdos just kinda never cared? Everyone else who knew was, you know, dead. But all the Guildpack stuff should just have the Dimir listed in them somewhere.
Exactly what I thought. And it would have still been perfectly balanced.
I was thinking this too, for Limited. It may have a home in a multicolor-good-stuff / gates-matter draft deck.
The problem of inconsistency here is that we did not have a clear definition of the secrecy of the Dimir. For some the Dimir is secret, while for others what is secret about them is just the work of information stealing and selling, while the existence of the Guild itself is not a secret. They are leaning toward the latter nowadays.
1. The Overt. The public faces of the Dimir serve as couriers, journalists, and librarians, all legal professions involving information that secretly double as convenient positions of espionage for the lower levels.
2. The Covert. The lower secret level, consisting of thieves, spies, assassins, and other black ops specialists. This is where many of the Dimir's criminal actions are carried out.
3. The Clandestine. The high secret level, which even most Dimir know little or nothing about. These are the masterminds, issuing commands to covert operatives. The Guild leader is obviously part of this level.
That said, their existence is known to the general public, but mostly through the Overt level.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.