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REzatta Themed Commander Precons (5 wedge precons) All Are Welcome
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Ningyouk said it was okay if we made commander precons themed around Rezatta, currently, in this thread, we are going to look at the draft archetypes of Rezatta along with its mechanics and think of themes for the different decks. Then we will move onto the new cards, and finally the reprints. Similar to Ikoria, we can take different prevalent themes without commanders and translate them here such as Art Theft and The CHurch of Serra. Even though Ikoria had General Kudro, we still got a creature better suited to being the commander in the precons Jirina Kudro, we could do something similar here, for now, we're just brainstorming possible themes. Everyone is welcome to help.
The world of Rezatta is still growing in lore and anything is possible at this time, however as the Lore becomes Solid and understandable making these precons will be easier. Currently Eco is the main character and we could do something around that for one of the precons.
The uncommons will be organised around ten bicoloured draft archetypes. As we need to expand upon the themes of the commons, the five ally-coloured archetypes need to follow the distribution of the five common wedge themes:
WU: Second spell-matters. (Disruptive Aggro)
UB: Art tribal recursion (Combo)
BR: Suicide aggro (Turbo Aggro)
RG: Even life growth (Midrange)
GW: Serran life-matters (Control)
In addition, the five enemy-coloured archetypes need to connect the two wedge themes they're sharing. For instance, RW is shared between, WUR second spell-matters and BRW suicide aggro, maybe it could care about small cheap creatures for instance, as they're both good in a turbo aggro deck and it's easy to cast two per turn. Those archetypes are open to suggestion, I have proposed one example below but it's not decided yet:
WB: Life swings (Disruptive/Midrange) Care both about gaining and losing life.
UR: Discover-matters (Disruptive/Control) Cares about the mechanic discover.
BG: Graveyard (Combo/Midrange) Cares about the graveyard.
RW: Weenies (Aggro/Disruptive) Cares about small cheap creatures.
GU: Masterwork (Midrange/Combo) Cares about the mechanic masterwork. "We could connect 2 of these and make Shards, while still staying in the lore of Rezatta, for example, we could show an aspect of Art thiefs for Esper, or for Esper we could show a different aspect of the church of Serra"
Ningyouk said it was okay if we made commander precons themed around Rezatta, currently, in this thread, we are going to look at the draft archetypes of Rezatta along with its mechanics and think of themes for the different decks. Then we will move onto the new cards, and finally the reprints. Similar to Ikoria, we can take different prevalent themes without commanders and translate them here such as Art Theft and The CHurch of Serra. Even though Ikoria had General Kudro, we still got a creature better suited to being the commander in the precons Jirina Kudro, we could do something similar here, for now, we're just brainstorming possible themes. Everyone is welcome to help.
The world of Rezatta is still growing in lore and anything is possible at this time, however as the Lore becomes Solid and understandable making these precons will be easier. Currently Eco is the main character and we could do something around that for one of the precons.
The uncommons will be organised around ten bicoloured draft archetypes. As we need to expand upon the themes of the commons, the five ally-coloured archetypes need to follow the distribution of the five common wedge themes:
WU: Second spell-matters. (Disruptive Aggro)
UB: Art tribal recursion (Combo)
BR: Suicide aggro (Turbo Aggro)
RG: Even life growth (Midrange)
GW: Serran life-matters (Control)
In addition, the five enemy-coloured archetypes need to connect the two wedge themes they're sharing. For instance, RW is shared between, WUR second spell-matters and BRW suicide aggro, maybe it could care about small cheap creatures for instance, as they're both good in a turbo aggro deck and it's easy to cast two per turn. Those archetypes are open to suggestion, I have proposed one example below but it's not decided yet:
WB: Life swings (Disruptive/Midrange) Care both about gaining and losing life.
UR: Discover-matters (Disruptive/Control) Cares about the mechanic discover.
BG: Graveyard (Combo/Midrange) Cares about the graveyard.
RW: Weenies (Aggro/Disruptive) Cares about small cheap creatures.
GU: Masterwork (Midrange/Combo) Cares about the mechanic masterwork. "We could connect 2 of these and make Shards, while still staying in the lore of Rezatta, for example, we could show an aspect of Art thiefs for Esper, or for Esper we could show a different aspect of the church of Serra"
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Comments
Another tip. These commanders should relate to the actual world of the set. Here's some flavor possibilities:
GWB is the Church of Serra. The commander for this should be a priest or someone else associated with the church. There is also a Cleric/Angel tribal subtheme here.
RGU, I belive, focuses on the animals and rejuvenating flora and fauna of Rezatta. The commander for it should probably be tied to that, possibly an animal, possibly a humanoid connected to the wilderness.
RBW, from my experience, centers around the wild celebrants and masquerading denizens of Rezatta. Think of Rakdos without the same level depravity, and more freedom, beauty, and exaltation. The commander should be a member of these celebrating people, maybe one who rises above the others and becomes acclaimed. Maybe a dancer... I'm drawn to that as a concept, it fits the flavor of the wedge.
UBG is pretty self-explanatory, it's the core of the art theme of the set. This its commander isn't an art itself, it should definitely be an artist that directly relates to art.
Finally, WUR is based on discovery and exploration, but not the green kind that relates to lands and new frontiers. Its commander could be the captain of a ship, or perhaps the grand librarian of a huge, important library (we've toyed around with the idea of a museum of art... perhaps this could be the curator?).
GWB - The Church of Serra
High Priest type character: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GLJOW
Righteous Knight type character: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GrEPa
Solemn Hand of Serra type chracter: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/X8WWa
Will do art inspiration for the other factions soon
Do these work? They probably won't, but it's the best I can do.
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/005/228/597/large/randy-vargas-vargasni-priest-lonstein-vargas-reg.jpg?1489483740
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/014/242/156/large/christina-kraus-shira-main01.jpg?1543159184
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/007/809/974/large/rastislav-le-cursed-clericd.jpg?1508674777
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