I'm pulling up a driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for another drive to work.

Okay, today, so I got a cool idea for my blog. So, they suggested that I do a showdown

between the mechanics of original Rabnika and the mechanics of return to Rabnika. So today,

my first effort, you guys like this, maybe I'll do more of this,

but I'm going to call it Ravnika Showdown. So what I'm going to do is for each of the 10 guilds,

I'm going to compare the two mechanics that we use each time in the original Ravnika and then

return to Ravnika block. And then I will judge one the winner. Okay, a couple of caveats before I begin. First off, I'm judging them on design.

Not power level, nothing developmentally, not creatively. I'm judging them on design. So be aware,

that is my, I'm a designer, I'm head designer. I'm judging them on design. That's what I'm judging

them on. Um, uh, caveat number two is, this is my opinion.

I don't know, I guess that's always the case in my blog, but my opinion or my

podcast.

Okay, so let's begin.

So I'm going to go in order that we go in the order when we write them.

So we start with white and blue, which is Azoresis.

Okay, so first up, we have Forecast versus Detain.

Okay, so Forecast was an ability that worked while it was in your hand.

It allowed you to activate things to have effects while it was in your hand.

And then usually you could play it and connect and do something that was related to the ability you could do in your hand.

Detain was an ability, it was a keyword action, I guess, that would keep a permanent from attacking, blocking, or activating for the turn.

I don't think it affected lands, but I think it affected everything but lands, I believe.

Might have just been creatures.

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