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'''Rhys'''

The hero of the Lorwyn story. In Lorwyn, he was a normal elf until an accident blows up his horns, making him 'ugly' in the eyes of the elves and thus has to flee from them, making acquaintances with Colfenor, Maralen and a few others in the process. After the Great Aurora, his horns are restored but his memory is wiped out, until the Sapling and the group helps him regain his memory.

'''Maralen of the Mornsong'''

A Mornsong Elf Rhys meets in his journey.

* LetsYouAndHimFight Can sic creatures on eachother as one of his abilities.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Niv-Mizzet, the most intelligent being on the planet and the only genius dragon, who is also [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogant]] and [[InsufferableGenius vain]].

* UnexplainedRecovery: Although somewhat not as himself; The sapling is called a [[GenderBender she]].

Hailing from the city-plane of Ravnica and a of the Izzet League, Ral Zarek is a Blue and Red aligned planeswalker who debuted in the ''Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012'' expansion. He is trying to stay off the radar as much as possible, and not even Niv-Mizzet himself knows of his ability to planeswalk.

Hailing from the city-plane of Ravnica and a former of the Izzet League, Ral Zarek is a Blue and Red aligned planeswalker who debuted in the ''Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012'' expansion. He is trying to stay off the radar as much as possible, and not even Niv-Mizzet himself knows of his ability to planeswalk.

* WouldHitAWoman: In ''The Secretist'', he beats the crap out of a Rakdos bloodwitch in her own bar. To be fair, most bloodwitches are the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil kind of person]] you'd want to seriously injure.

Hailing from the city-plane of Ravnica and a former of the Izzet League, Ral Zarek is a Blue and Red aligned planeswalker who debuted in the ''Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012'' expansion and . He is trying to stay off the radar as much as possible, and not even Niv-Mizzet himself knows of his ability to planeswalk.

Hailing from the city-plane of Ravnica and a former of the Izzet League, Ral Zarek is a Blue and Red aligned planeswalker who debuted in the ''Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012'' expansion, and getting his first official card in ''Dragon's Maze''. He is trying to stay off the radar as much as possible, and not even Niv-Mizzet himself knows of his ability to planeswalk.

* GradualGrinder: The core strategy of the Orzhov is the "bleeder" deck, which tries to slow down the game and slowly drain the opponent's life away with cards like [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/100.html Agent of Masks]], [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/131.html Souls of the Faultless]], [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/125.html Pillory of the Sleepless]], and [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/102.html Blind Hunter]] (And now, with ''Gatecrash'', the Extort mechanic).

Hailing from the city-plane of Ravnica and a former of the Izzet League, Ral Zarek is a Blue and Red aligned planeswalker who debuted in the ''Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012'' expansion. He is trying to stay off the radar as much as possible, and not even Niv-Mizzet himself knows of his ability to planeswalk.

* GradualGrinder: The core strategy of the Orzhov is the "bleeder" deck, which tries to slow down the game and slowly drain the opponent's life away with cards like [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/100.html Agent of Masks]], [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/131.html Souls of the Faultless]], [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/125.html Pillory of the Sleepless]], and [[http://magiccards.info/gp/en/102.html Blind Hunter]].

* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Oh yes. The Song of the Conclave was an outright plane-wide brainwashing spell, making the gateless more docile, which led them to lynch the selesnyans. Their new incarnations presumably still do things of the sort, but they've learned their lesson.

* MadScientist

* DarkIsNotEvil: While in the story the Golgari suffered from ChronicBackstabbingDisorder among their leaders and Savra actually went along the Dimir's plans, the truth is that most Golgari were merely the ravnican analogue of farmers and were otherwise barely involved with the larger conflict. Eventually, their leader was replaced by a much more decent person, [[spoiler:Jarad]], which reforms the group's ways alongside his son.
** This quote by a frum user pretty much sums it up:
->"The Golgari may seem pretty gross and [[HorrifyingHero monstrous]], but they're actually just farmers. Not unlike some negative stereotypes of inbred rednecks, really."

* AntiHero: He causes multiple cataclysmic magical disasters that completely destroy major landmasses, creates a eugenics program to breed super-soldiers, and is an overall ManipulativeBastard who gets regular WhatTheHellHero moments. If Yawgmoth hadn't been [[DesignatedVillain set as the villain]] from the beginning, he could be the VillainProtagonist.

* BreakoutCharacter: At first, Nicol Bolas was just one part of [[http://www.magiccards.info/query?q=t%3A%22Elder+Dragon%22&v=card&s=cname a cycle of Elder Dragons]]. He's the only one who most people pay attention to nowadays.

* NoSell: It'd be easier to count the fights Bolas has been in where he ''wasn't'' toying with his opponent.

* AntiHero[/]GreyAndGrayMorality: As best seen [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a0e1a8b6da3519def884f6d703257f1/tumblr_mfwjkk6yQn1rgbu49o1_1280.jpg here]]. The fact that there are frequent in-group conflicts and that the current leader, Aurelia, is set to become an antagonist, don't help.