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* MakeMeWannaShout: Mardu war shrieks are also used to channel magic.

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* FantasticRacism: As stated in Vraska's backstories on the Wizards of the Coast website, the Golgari may be the bottom of the barrel as far as the rest of Ravnica is concerned, but even they have an internal pecking order. Most notably, gorgons are treated as {{Living Weapon}}s, expected to shut up and stay away from people until they're needed to fight, and the Kraul (necromancer-priest bug-people) are treated as little better than the non-sapient bugs they herd by Jarad's elves. This leads to the Kraul's plans to rebel against Jarad in the story [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/pride-kraul-2017-05-31 Pride of the Kraul]]. In fact, this has been implied as far back as the original trilogy, with the Gorgon Sisters taking over due to gorgons being second class citizens; [[FullCircleRevolution under their rule, Devkarin elves became the oppressed, and they went right back to oppressing gorgons when Jarad dethroned the Gorgon Sisters]]..

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/depth-look-izze-hey-look-2006-03-01 An In-Depth Look At The Izze-Hey, Look At That!]]

** LightIsGood: [[spoiler:Despite the guild's shady history of attempting to assimilate Ravnica into massive garden with one mind, they ultimately do not fall into Bolas' machinations, and in fact are among the first of the guilds to join the fight for Ravnica in ''War of the Spark''.]]

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The core philosophy that both Green Mana and White Mana share is a focus on the safety and sanctity of the group rather than the individual. As a fusion of both mana types, the Conclave thoroughly believes in doing good, but defines "good" as "benefits the greater group".

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Gruul are not much for order or a proper hierarchy, and leadership of a clan usually falls to the strongest, biggest and angriest of the bunch.

* MindRape[=/=]StupidityInducingAttack: Cards like [[https://scryfall.com/card/rav/234/szadek-lord-of-secrets Szadek]] (the Dimir leader) and [[https://scryfall.com/card/rav/208/glimpse-the-unthinkable Glimpse the Unthinkable]] are this in spades.

* FaceHeelTurn: When Vraska is at the helm, and on the wrong end of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. They fall under Bolas's influence during the ''Guilds of Ravnica'' storyline, and are the Guild most thoroughly compromised by Phyrexian influence during ''March of the Machine''.

Note: as stated several times [[WordOfGod even by the staff]], [[GreyAndGrayMorality "guilds exist in layers"]]. The following are the most common tropes, but do not cover all individuals.

* [[CharacterCatchphrase "ǩaπa š’iimashaǩ"]], Phyrexian for "All will be one."

** In ''Neon Dynasty'' it becomes ''even worse''; Jin Glitaxas enters the plane trying to [[spoiler:compleat a Planeswalker with help from Tezzeret...and '''succeeds in it'''. He met active resistance from the Wanderer, Kaito and Tamiyo and actually got cut down by the Wanderer, but still successfully gets the latter turned into a Phyrexian...just because Tezzeret woke up at the wrong place and the wrong time.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: While most old Phyrexians are this, New Phyrexia takes it to a new level. Not only the Praetors' values are incomprehensible for the Mirrans, the Praetors have troubles understanding ''each other'''s philosophy. Their conquest against the multiverse is also taken by them as less of an invasion and more of a ''crusade'' against what they believe is "imperfection".