Azorius Senate

Lore & Background

The Azorius Senate is one of the ten guilds that hold much power in Ravnica. Each guild specializes in two colors of magic and has specific jobs in the city to stretch limited resources and maintain order, including by banning war completely. The guilds had been at war with each other for centuries, and the only thing that made the leaders agree to a truce was the fact that the dead had begun haunting the plane. The Guildpact was formed, and the game and novels begin 9999 years after that, on the eve of the decamillennial celebrations. The Azorius Senate is associated with the colors white and blue, and its keyword ability is Forecast. The guild appears in the Dissension set, which emphasized Azorius, Rakdos, and Simic.

In Their Own Story

The Azorius Senate is one of the ten guilds of Ravnica, a plane where much power is held by these political factions. The guilds each represent a combination of two of Magic's five colors, with the Azorius Senate representing white and blue. The guild is featured in the Dissension set, released on May 6, 2006. The Azorius Senate's keyword ability is Forecast, which allows a player to use a card's Forecast ability during their upkeep, paying a cost and revealing the card from their hand, once per turn. The guilds had been at war for centuries before the Guildpact was formed, and the Azorius Senate is one of the guilds that agreed to the truce. The novels, written by Cory J. Herndon and published by Wizards of the Coast, begin 9999 years after the Guildpact was formed.

Reader's Guide

The Azorius Senate is a guild in the Ravnica block, which consists of three expert-level expansion sets: Ravnica: City of Guilds (October 7, 2005), Guildpact (February 3, 2006), and Dissension (May 5, 2006). The world of Ravnica is an ecumenopolis, a vast city that covers the entire surface of its planet, and is home to a diverse assortment of sentient races. The Azorius Senate is one of the ten guilds, each representing a combination of two of Magic's five colors. The guild is associated with the colors white and blue. Its keyword ability is Forecast, which is used during a player's upkeep, once per turn, by paying a cost and revealing the card from hand. The guild is featured in the Dissension set, which emphasized Azorius, Rakdos, and Simic. The mythology of Ravnica is loosely derived from Slavic folklore, and character names reflect this.

Did You Know?

• The Azorius Senate is one of the ten guilds of Ravnica, each representing a combination of two of Magic's five colors.
• The guild is associated with the Forecast keyword ability, which can only be used during a player's upkeep and once per turn.
• The Azorius Senate is featured in the Dissension set, released on May 5, 2006.
• The Ravnica block's mythology is loosely derived from Slavic folklore, and character names reflect this.
• The guilds agreed to a truce and formed the Guildpact because the dead had begun haunting the plane.