Research Archives
The Apocrypha
Every reading Vox Mana produces is grounded here — in the lore, the stories, the community scholarship, and the official record of twenty-plus years of Ravnica and Strixhaven.
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Vox Mana does not invent lore. Every faction description, affinity signal, decree voice, and archetype note in this tool traces back to something in this library — a card, a story, an official article, or documented community scholarship.
The sources below are what the curated lore database is built from. AI is used to evaluate your responses against that research, not to generate content from nothing. If you want to go deeper on any faction, these are the same places we went.
Feature Article
A Flavorful Guide to the Guilds of Ravnica
Wizards of the Coast's official lore primer for all ten Ravnica guilds — philosophy, leadership, and function in the city. Primary source for guild identity descriptions.
All 10 Guilds
Ravnica
Story Archive
MTG Stories — polarkac GitHub Archive
A community-maintained archive of Magic: The Gathering prose fiction from Magic Origins onward. Used to pull canonical story beats, character voice, and faction-specific narrative for Silverquill, Lorehold, and the Strixhaven colleges.
All Factions
Strixhaven
Ravnica
Story Archive Index
MTG Stories PDF Archive — r/mtgvorthos
Community-compiled PDF archive of Magic fiction from Magic Origins to present, indexed by set. Used as a secondary navigation layer for the story archive above.
All Sets
Lore Continuity
Chronological Lore Index
MTGLore.com — Chronological Story Index
A fan-maintained chronological index of the full Magic: The Gathering story, used to establish timeline and continuity for faction histories across sets.
Timeline
Continuity
Wiki
MTG Fandom Wiki — Ravnican Guilds
Comprehensive fan wiki entries for all ten Ravnica guilds, covering structure, history, membership, and mechanics. Used for historical detail and structural reference not covered in official articles.
All 10 Guilds
Structure & History
Community Thread
Guild Identities — Lore-Wise (r/magicTCG)
A widely-cited community thread analyzing how each guild behaves in the lore versus how players often perceive them. Useful for the "not to be confused with" disambiguation in the affinity system.
Guild Identity
Disambiguation
Strategy & Lore Guide
MTG Guilds — Draftsim
A detailed overview of guild mechanics, color identity, playstyle archetypes, and competitive applications. Used for the playstyle archetype descriptions and the deck-start section of each faction result.
All 10 Guilds
Mechanics
Archetypes
Video Essay
The Guilds of Ravnica — Lore Overview
A video lore breakdown of the Ravnica guilds covering philosophy, history, and defining conflicts. Used to cross-reference narrative details and catch gaps in the written sources.
Ravnica
All Guilds
Video Essay
Ravnica Guild Deep Dive — Part I
Extended lore deep dive used to supplement character and event details for individual guild histories, particularly for the Dimir, Simic, and Golgari entries.
Dimir
Simic
Golgari
Video Essay
Ravnica Guild Deep Dive — Part II
Continuation of the guild deep dive series, used for Boros, Azorius, Orzhov, and Selesnya lore details and the core tension sections of each faction entry.
Boros
Azorius
Orzhov
Selesnya
The sources above were used to build a structured lore database covering all 15 factions — ten Ravnica guilds and five Strixhaven colleges. For each faction, the research was compiled into philosophy summaries, core tensions, affinity signals, interview tells, disambiguation notes, and faction-specific voice examples for the Decree of Initiation.
When you take a reading, your responses are evaluated against that structured research. The AI component matches what you say to patterns in the database — it does not generate new lore, invent card names, or produce content outside what the sources support. The reading you receive reflects the same factions these sources describe.
