The gods are part of Therosian lore, which feels inspired by the way gods work in the Neil Gaiman universes and even the way gods work in the Age of Mythology video games: Worship makes them real
I don't think they have much impact on 60-card formats, but they definitely influenced how the Draft environment played out, and I hope to see more Battles at some point in the future
His two snakes as beatifully depicted in the two Striking Illusionist cards could be something like Flotsam & Jetsam too
All the cards except for lands have female figures looking left, from creatures like Coralhelm Guide to planeswalkers like Kiora, the Crashing Wave, and even other cards types: enchantments like Abundance, sorceries like Primal Growth, instants like Chain of Vapor, and even an artifact in Paradise Mantle
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