Orzhov Syndicate

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Orzhov Syndicate

Alternative name	Church of Deals
Colors:	White and Black
Guild leader:	{{{parun}}}
Guild leader:	Ghost Council of Orzhova
Guild champion:	Teysa Karlov
Guild hall:	Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Keyword:	Haunt
Featured set:	Guildpact
Signet flavor text:
The form of the sigil is just as important as the sigil itself. If its carried on a medallion, its bearer is a master. If its tattooed on the body, its bearer is a slave.

The Orzhov Syndicate is the Ravnican guild of business, where the values of white and black meet, where the dead exist solely to rule. Nearly every business in Ravnica ties back to the Orzhov in some devious way or another. Whilst they bear the facade of a religious group and may well have been a true faith at the signing of the Guildpact, they now worship only profit and power.

Their white flavor can be seen in that they have a strong sense of tradition and community, reflected by the fact that they still go through all of their ancient rituals and customs despite not truly worshipping any gods, and by that they hoard all their wealth to themselves but will gladly share with family members or close friends. Their black flavor can be seen in that they regularly deal with the dead, they never give to charity if they can help it, and continually violate the spirit of the law solely to meet their own ends.

The Syndicate is famous for dealing with ghosts. They are presided over by a council of ghosts, the Obzedat, in Orzhova, the Church of Deals. Should somebody be in debt to them (as many are), that person must work off their debt even beyond the grave. The Orzhov work so thoroughly with death that they even know how to make thrulls out of the remains of the dead.

The high-ranking members of the Orzhov use magical means to expand their life, and are mutated in many ways that pass into their offspring. For example, one of Teysa Karlov's legs is practically useless, and therefore she has been forced to use a walking cane since birth.

[edit] Creatures and races

Creatures and races associated with the Orzhov include the following:

[edit] Notable Orzhov

[edit] Game mechanics

The Orzhov game mechanic is "haunt": when a card with haunt would be put into a graveyard, it is removed from the game "haunting" a creature. When that creature is put into the graveyard, the card with the haunt mechanics controller gets the cards effect a second time.