I thought I'd mention, that Asphodel is a location and not a god. The way the german card is worded makes it clear it's not a person, but rather a place.
And before anyone says that maybe the translators didn't know: The translating teams (at least the german ones) get a sheet with the different characters and locations. The german Intet, the Dreamer for instance has a female name, despite the fact that there is nothing on the card to indicate that it's female and dragons are usually male.
Thank you. Also, the third Planeswalker guide debunks that theory.
However, the new card Prophet of Kruphix suggests the green/blue god is Kruphix. So I'll replace the previous erroneous speculation with this new line.
Asphodel is an excellent suggestion, but it's already confirmed that Xenagos is a Plainswalker so I can't see him being the R/G god for Born or Journey I would think that the gods were already balanced and he disrupts that.
He could be a R/G god in Journey. There are 10 more gods to come, and two sets to see them in; 5 in each set.
Some of the more heavily-discussed gods may come in Born of the Gods -- Karanos, Karametra, Mogis, Iroas, etc.
Here are my predictions on the gods (reposting from another thread):
Karametra (harvest) = green-white.
Keranos (storms) = blue-red.
Mogis (bloodlust in battle) = black-red.
Iroas (noble war) = red-white.
Pharika (aging and death) = black-green.
Ephara (bestower of magic) = white-blue.
Xenagos (the reveler) = red-green.
Asphodel = white-black
I'm gonna add Asphodel to this list as white-black based on the card "Gray Merchant of Asphodel" -- the creature type is a zombie, it's a "merchant" (think Orzhov) and the creature is depicted as having a gold mask on, similar to the style art for the "Returned" which may suggest undead creatures are separate from Erebos' domain. It drains life, similar to a Blind Hunter. The creature is black but is walking through plains.
Sexuality and, to a lesser extent, drunkenness can be red or green, since they could be seen as natural in some cultures.
Dionysis also had the effect of blurring the lines of self and individuality, so that your identity would blend into the community, in a kind of Selesnyan loss-of-self. This is the green aspect of Dionysis that makes me feel strongly about the red-green pairing for the Reveler.
But it's entirely possible that Xenagos isn't a god at all but a legendary satyr. That god image of the satyr just made me connect the two, when there may actually be a satyr god that ISN'T Xenagos.
I also wanted to express that it isn't too far-fetched to imagine a red-green antagonist in a world of Human city-states. Think what someone from the Gruul clans, say Borborygmos, would do to the city of Ravnica if he attained godlike omnipotence. I know they aren't the same, but the analogy is still instructive.
I wonder if the cards in the likely gold uncommon cycle each references a specific gold god that appears in a later set. We know we have Karametra's Acolyte as a promo card and Destructive Revelry specifically calls out Xenagos.
Here are my predictions on the gold gods:
Karametra (harvest) = green-white.
Keranos (storms) = blue-red.
Mogis (bloodlust in battle) = black-red.
Iroas (noble war) = red-white.
Pharika (aging and death) = black-green.
Ephara (bestower of magic) = white-blue.
Xenagos (the reveler) = red-green.
I would enjoy a movie that follows the plot of the Zendikar block, leading up to the release of the Eldrazi.
Because they're all things like Swift Justice.
Thank you. Also, the third Planeswalker guide debunks that theory.
However, the new card Prophet of Kruphix suggests the green/blue god is Kruphix. So I'll replace the previous erroneous speculation with this new line.
Good point. It's early to tell, though what I read of Keranos he sounds rather angry and vengeful, which fits red better.
He could be a R/G god in Journey. There are 10 more gods to come, and two sets to see them in; 5 in each set.
Some of the more heavily-discussed gods may come in Born of the Gods -- Karanos, Karametra, Mogis, Iroas, etc.
Karametra (harvest) = green-white.
Keranos (storms) = blue-red.
Mogis (bloodlust in battle) = black-red.
Iroas (noble war) = red-white.
Pharika (aging and death) = black-green.
Ephara (bestower of magic) = white-blue.
Xenagos (the reveler) = red-green.
Asphodel = white-black
I'm gonna add Asphodel to this list as white-black based on the card "Gray Merchant of Asphodel" -- the creature type is a zombie, it's a "merchant" (think Orzhov) and the creature is depicted as having a gold mask on, similar to the style art for the "Returned" which may suggest undead creatures are separate from Erebos' domain. It drains life, similar to a Blind Hunter. The creature is black but is walking through plains.
Dionysis also had the effect of blurring the lines of self and individuality, so that your identity would blend into the community, in a kind of Selesnyan loss-of-self. This is the green aspect of Dionysis that makes me feel strongly about the red-green pairing for the Reveler.
But it's entirely possible that Xenagos isn't a god at all but a legendary satyr. That god image of the satyr just made me connect the two, when there may actually be a satyr god that ISN'T Xenagos.
I also wanted to express that it isn't too far-fetched to imagine a red-green antagonist in a world of Human city-states. Think what someone from the Gruul clans, say Borborygmos, would do to the city of Ravnica if he attained godlike omnipotence. I know they aren't the same, but the analogy is still instructive.
Here are my predictions on the gold gods:
Karametra (harvest) = green-white.
Keranos (storms) = blue-red.
Mogis (bloodlust in battle) = black-red.
Iroas (noble war) = red-white.
Pharika (aging and death) = black-green.
Ephara (bestower of magic) = white-blue.
Xenagos (the reveler) = red-green.