Aravan is a human planeswalker who wields white and blue magic. His magic focuses on replicating the properties of a special ore called carmot, melding metal and flesh in a particularly aesthetic way.
A former member of the Vectis Senate of Esper, Aravan resigned after failing to convince the magocracy that the Conflux had indeed happened, and Esperite society would no longer be maintainable as is. By the time he returned to Esper with solid evidence of a reunited Alara, it was too late--the invasion had already happened, and Esper was nowhere near prepared. The zombies' alchemy corroded Esper's etherium structures at an alarming rate, radiation spreading through her major cities. Few people survived, and traversing the districts was a death sentence.
The de facto ruler of Esper, Sharuum, saw the amount of extraplanar research Aravan had done to find new sources of carmot ore. Little did he know at the time that he would be the one to explore the Multiverse, the desperation of his home country's situation making him aware that he was capable of traveling between planes on his own. Once his Spark ignited, he kept assuring himself that there was a way to return Esper to her former glory. There had to be.
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"She leads her people through the unforeseeable. She has led her people through the Mending of the Shards. She has led her people through the Carmot Crisis. She has led her people through a zombie invasion that brought Vectis to her knees. She has led Esper through a brush with the apocalypse. And now, she continues to lead Esper even in the aftermath of radioactive dispersion over both the human capital Vectis and the vedalken capital Palandius. She is the great Esper sphinx, Sharuum. There is no being in Alara who is wiser than her."
Aravan, Esper Radical
Aravan is a human planeswalker who wields white and blue magic. His magic focuses on replicating the properties of a special ore called carmot, melding metal and flesh in a particularly aesthetic way.
A former member of the Vectis Senate of Esper, Aravan resigned after failing to convince the magocracy that the Conflux had indeed happened, and Esperite society would no longer be maintainable as is. By the time he returned to Esper with solid evidence of a reunited Alara, it was too late--the invasion had already happened, and Esper was nowhere near prepared. The zombies' alchemy corroded Esper's etherium structures at an alarming rate, radiation spreading through her major cities. Few people survived, and traversing the districts was a death sentence.
The de facto ruler of Esper, Sharuum, saw the amount of extraplanar research Aravan had done to find new sources of carmot ore. Little did he know at the time that he would be the one to explore the Multiverse, the desperation of his home country's situation making him aware that he was capable of traveling between planes on his own. Once his Spark ignited, he kept assuring himself that there was a way to return Esper to her former glory. There had to be.
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"She leads her people through the unforeseeable. She has led her people through the Mending of the Shards. She has led her people through the Carmot Crisis. She has led her people through a zombie invasion that brought Vectis to her knees. She has led Esper through a brush with the apocalypse. And now, she continues to lead Esper even in the aftermath of radioactive dispersion over both the human capital Vectis and the vedalken capital Palandius. She is the great Esper sphinx, Sharuum. There is no being in Alara who is wiser than her."
-- Aravan, former Vectis Senator
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
Land: 37
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Command Tower
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Scrubland
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Marsh Flats
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Watery Grave
1 Godless Shrine
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Underground River
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Ancient Den
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Academy Ruins
1 Buried Ruin
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Phyrexia's Core
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple of the False God
1 Plains
3 Island
1 Swamp
1 Azorius Signet
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Dimir Signet
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Thran Dynamo
Trinkets: 10
1 Brittle Effigy
1 Dispeller's Capsule
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sol Ring
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Voltaic Key
Treasures: 8
1 Duplicant
1 Filigree Angel
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Magister Sphinx
1 Memnarch
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Spine of Ish Sah
1 Staff of Nin
Draw: 6
1 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Memory Jar
1 Mind's Eye
1 Scroll Rack
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Thirst for Knowledge
Tutors: 9
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Fabricate
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Kudoltha Forgemaster
1 Sphinx Summoner
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Treasure Mage
1 Trinket Mage
1 Tunnel Vision
1 Austere Command
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Phyrexian Rebirth
1 Supreme Verdict
Counters: 6
1 Counterspell
1 Cryptic Command
1 Force of Will
1 Hinder
1 Mana Drain
1 Spell Crumple
The Rest: 12
1 Cranial Plating
1 Etherium Sculptor
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Master Transmuter
1 Mirrorworks
1 Open the Vaults
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Roar of Reclamation
1 Sculpting Steel
1 Sen Triplets
1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1 The Abyss
Your typical artifact deck--run out as many artifacts as possible.
Emille, Seven-Sting Dancer Shalin Nariya