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Ral Zarek has a pretty awesome design.

His face is a bit too Dack Fayden / Venser-ish for my taste. You can do differently, Eric Deschamps, I've seen it.

Overall, very sweet art.

Nov 10, 2012 -- 8:07AM, RxPhantom wrote:

Looks like Nivix Guildmage to me.

Check the arm's tatoo. It's Zarek.

From the previous Zarek's art:

Damnit Wizards, why do you have to make him SO SEXY!?

Sexiness isn't part of the Red/blue color pie, I call foul. I always mentally picture members of that guild being these unkempt, slightly crazy professor-types that have a leaning towards intelligence, clumsiness, and wild, overpoweing moments of inspiration. Looking at this picture, it's hard to tell he's even a member of izzet, he looks like a fricken super model!

I just want one unattractive planeswalker that isn't liliana vess .

Nov 10, 2012 -- 1:58PM, Barinellos wrote:

Nov 10, 2012 -- 12:58PM, Doaj wrote:

This is so cool.  I can't wait to get an actual card representing Ral Zarek.  What's the deal with the Nivix Guildmage, anyway?  It looks like Ral- I always assumed it was.  It is him, right?

No. Everyone keeps making that assumption, and while there is a very vague resemblance, they don't really look much like each other.
Just compare the two side by side, you're realize that.

just did, i can still believe that nivix guildmage could be him

I'm pretty sure it's him.  Facts: On the RtR League Deckboxes, 4 of them had guild leaders, but the fifth one had "Nivix Guildmage" instead of Niv-Mizzet.  Why do this when Niv-Mizzet is an extremely popular character in the first place?  The Game Day playmat also had the "Nivix Guildmage" on it, instead of a popular character or a guild-neutral character (Jace, Vraska, Worldspine Wurm, or something would've made sense).  The Game Day posters sent to stores had "Nivix Guildmage" on it.  He's being pushed very dedicatedly, more-so than either characters on the RtR image that revealed the set name (the shot with Jace and Niv, of course).  I'm like 95% sure it's Ral Zarek.  It wouldn't make sense to be a "nobody".