Hello fellow Vorthos. It has been a while since I have posted anything on here. One of my more popular posts was back with Magic Origins where I took each of the cards and put them in lists of which Plane each card was representing.
This time around, since the mechanics article for Ixalan, for your viewing pleasure here, revealed the different factions for Ixalan, I thought of reviving this type of thread, and organizing the cards into their different factions. This is all open for debate and re arranging, my hope is to provide a way for people that like to stick to a faction to be able to collect and talk about all the cards of that faction.
As a disclaimer, rather than posting the the photos of each card, I'll just provide the link for you to view the card, if this is also an incorrect method of posting then I shall change it. I'll also provide a bit of logic for non-creature cards of why they would represent the faction they are under.
Vanquisher's banner might be usable by any tribe, but it feels Legion of Dusk to me, just because "Vanquisher" puts me in mind of "Conqueror"/"Conquistador" which the LoD clearly are styled off of. EDIT: Though the art itself seems more Sun Empire, so I dunno, neutral is probably fine.
Vraska is clearly pirate (though perhaps it's more accurate to say that Vraska is aligned with Vraska, and the pirates are a means to an end)
Huatli (The RW PW) is Sun Empire
Jace's PW deck seems to imply that he's with the River Heralds rather than the pirates, but then who knows, maybe he's not actually aligned with any of the factions
Can you update this with all the cards? You are missing quite a lot.
Also Dusk Legion Dreadnought is not pirate faction.. It's even in the name of it.. Dusk Legion. It's a vampire ship. A ship for the Legion of Dusk.
I'm attempting to make commander decks that are themed for Ixalan and the factions so I kinda require this.
This time around, since the mechanics article for Ixalan, for your viewing pleasure here, revealed the different factions for Ixalan, I thought of reviving this type of thread, and organizing the cards into their different factions. This is all open for debate and re arranging, my hope is to provide a way for people that like to stick to a faction to be able to collect and talk about all the cards of that faction.
As a disclaimer, rather than posting the the photos of each card, I'll just provide the link for you to view the card, if this is also an incorrect method of posting then I shall change it. I'll also provide a bit of logic for non-creature cards of why they would represent the faction they are under.
The Sun Empire - Dinosaurs with Humans
Ashes of the Abhorrent - Flavor Text and Art
Bellowing Aegisaur
Goring Ceratops
Huatli's Snubhorn
Kinjalli's Sunwing
Priest of the Wakening Sun
Tocatli Honor Guard
Wakening Sun's Avatar
Burning Sun's Avatar
Huatli's Spurring
Star of Extinction - Flavor Text
Sun-Crowned Hunters
Sunbird's Invocation - Sun reference, plus Bird like Dinos
Tilonalli's Skinshifter
Carnage Tyrant
Deathgorge Scavenger
Drover of the Mighty
Emperor's Vanguard
Ripjaw Raptor
Savage Stomp
Verdant Sun's Avatar
Belligerent Brontodon
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Hualti, Dinosaur Knight
Hualti, Warrior Poet
Raging Swordtooth
Regisaur Alpha
Sun-Blessed Mount
Vanquisher's Banner - The flag art is actually the Sun Empire logo according to the Ixalan Panel at Pax
Rootbound Crag - Art
Stone Quarry
Sunpetal Grove - Flavor Text
Woodland Stream
The Brazen Coalition - Pirates
Arcane Adaptation - Art, looks like a Pirate
Daring Saboteur
Deadeye Quartermaster
Deeproot Waters
Dreamcaller Siren
Entrancing Melody - In Art, caster of Melody is a Siren Pirate
Opt
Prosperous Pirates
Boneyard Parley - Pirate Casting in Artwork
Deadeye Tormentor
Deadeye Tracker
Dire Fleet Ravager
Fathom Fleet Captain
Fathom Fleet Plundering
Kitesail Freebooter
Revel in Riches
Ruin Raider
Walk the Plank
Wanted Scoundrels
Angrath's Marauders
Captain Lannery Storm
Lightning Strike
Rowdy Crew
Storm Fleet Arsonist
Unfriendly Fire
Wily Goblin
Admiral Beckett Brass
Deadeye Plunderers
Dire Fleet Captain
Hostage Taker
Marauding Looter
Dusk Legion Dreadnought
Pirate's Cutlass
Sleek Schooner
Sorcerous Spyglass - Art
Treasure Map/Treasure Cove
Dragonskull Summit - Angrath has Raiders, he or she is probably a Pirate
Drowned Catacomb - Art
Glacial Fortress - Art
The River Heralds - Merfolk
Grasping Current
Headwater Sentries
Herald of Secret Streams
Jace's Sentinel
Kopala, Warden of Waves
Siren Stormtamer
Spell Swindle
Storm Fleet Aerialist
Deeproot Champion
Kumena's Speaker
Shapers' Sanctuary - Merfolk in Art
Slice in Twain
Tishana's Wayfinder
Waker of the Wilds
Wildgrowth Walker
Shapers of Nature
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
Primal Amulet/Primal Wellspring
The Legion of Dusk - Vampires
Bishop of Rebirth
Duskborne Skymarcher
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
Sanguine Sacrament
Bloodcrazed Paladin
Deathless Ancient
Queen's Bay Soldier
Sanctum Seeker
Call to the Feast
Conqueror's Galleon/Conqueror's Foothold
Neutral
Settle the Wreckage
Castaway's Despair
Favorable Winds - Text is Sun Empire, but is the art Dinos? or Drakes? waiting for Drakes to be an official revealed.
Fleet Swallower
Jace, Cunnning Castaway - He's on a pirate ship but later is teaming with the Heralds so I'm saying neutral for now.
Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
Duress Can't tell if a Vamp or just a Pirate
Old-Growth Dryads
Pillar of Origins
Sentinel Totem
Unclaimed Territory
Plains,Island,Swamp,Mountain,Forest
Story Spotlight - Keeping Separate since they are important to story
Ixalan's Binding
Vraska's Contempt
River's Rebuke
Thaumatic Compass/Spires of Orazca
Vraska is clearly pirate (though perhaps it's more accurate to say that Vraska is aligned with Vraska, and the pirates are a means to an end)
Huatli (The RW PW) is Sun Empire
Jace's PW deck seems to imply that he's with the River Heralds rather than the pirates, but then who knows, maybe he's not actually aligned with any of the factions
Speaking of the PW deck cards:
Castaway's Despair - Neutral (though, specific to Jace's situation)
Grasping Current - River Heralds (art seems to show a merfolk teaching Jace water magic)
Jace's Sentinel - River Heralds
Woodland Stream - River Heralds
Huatli's Snubhorn - Sun Empire
Huatli's Spurring - Sun Empire
Sun-Blessed Mount - Sun Empire
Stone Quarry - Sun Empire
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
Also Dusk Legion Dreadnought is not pirate faction.. It's even in the name of it.. Dusk Legion. It's a vampire ship. A ship for the Legion of Dusk.
I'm attempting to make commander decks that are themed for Ixalan and the factions so I kinda require this.
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