“The Selesnya don’t have books because paper is made from wood pulp. They don’t have scrolls because vellum is made from the skin of young beasts. In fact, they don’t write on anything because quills come from bird feathers, brushes use animal hair, and pens are carved from trees. These are all part of the same continuous life force to them. For a Selesnyan, using any of these things as we do would be akin to using a human bone as a writing implement, and every letter would be a Sign in Blood.
Can you imagine? No recorded history. I couldn’t survive.
I originally believed them to be backward and primitive, relying on pack mentality and ingrained hierarchical structures like a Wolf Pack or Cave People. But then I learned more about them, and I discovered the Worldsoul has perfect memory. They have no need for such things because they never forget.
It’s no wonder, then, that the Elephants are Selesnyan.”
—research notes, journal XXVII, page 56
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It’s Selesnya Week across the Magic universe, and we are celebrating all things hippie-dippie! Green-white mages like Brian Kibler are the men of the hour, and populate is the name of the game. Selesnya was a popular choice at Prereleases last weekend, as proven by the many ardent supporters of the guild taking to Twitter to show their support:
So glad I got one of these 😀 #Selesnya #mtg #happy twitter.com/ravenhart222/s…
— Eugene Osovets (@ravenhart222) October 1, 2012
For the Conclave!#selesnya #mtgprerelease
— Draganta Starwind (@DragantaStar) September 29, 2012
The guilds are seated together at the midnight prerelease. Every store should do this. GO SELESNYA BROTHERS!!!
— Brad Nelson (@fffreakmtg) September 29, 2012
Oh my selesnya
— Jon Holton (@siege368) September 30, 2012
Before you ask, I think Selesnya has the edge if you’re trying to get the “best” prerelease guild. But still a lot of random elements #mtg
— Daniel Tack (@dantack) September 28, 2012
Populate is just plain fun. If Selesnya has the time to stall and can balance defense v. offense, it’s over.#MTGRTR
— Oestrus (@OriginalOestrus) September 30, 2012
WOOT I won!!Return to Ravnica Pre-release Puerto Ordaz-Venezuela, Selesnya conclave FTW!!! instagr.am/p/QNUoOMpgpK/
— Chani Aldana (@Chanialdana) September 30, 2012
Lost the finals against selesnya. Deck is annoying as hell. Dumb hippies
— Austin Yost (@Y0stwiththeM0st) September 30, 2012
@maro254 asked friend for a Wurm, a Knight, and a Centaur token … he made all three #mtg #selesnya twitter.com/GoingMadlem/st…
— Derek Madlem (@GoingMadlem) September 30, 2012
Why didn’t the Selesnya guild pack come with a token for its promo? #MTGRTR
— Bryce Ménard (@BryceMenard) September 30, 2012
Pretty good RtR Selesnya prerelease pulls. 😀 twitter.com/KevinKnocke/st…
— Kevin Knocke (@KevinKnocke) September 30, 2012
Went undefeated with Selesnya today, Collective Blessing was amazing.
— Darwin Kastle (@DarwinKastle) September 30, 2012
Final guild standings over our 5 prereleases and 480ish matches: 1. #selesnya 2. #azorius 3. #rakdos 4. #golgari 5. #izzet @maro254
— David Lyford-Smith (@SaviaWanderer) September 30, 2012
2 #MTGRtR pre behind me. Selesnya is best by far, rly unbalanced. Good not everyone knew that before pre. Bad i was one of them.
— Mateusz MyŒlicki (@xMiMx) October 1, 2012
Come on people now, smile on your brother! Everybody get together and try to Tweet one another right now!
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