Blood Like Rivers

Blood Like Rivers is the 4th set created by ThatDamnPipsqueak. It was initially released in June of 2020 as a small set, before being remade almost entirely and rereleased in August of 2021. It was added to Revolution in August of 2022. It is not part of a block.

Set Details
Blood Like Rivers contains 275 cards (5 basic lands, 101 commons, 85 uncommons, 69 rares, 20 mythics).

Storyline
The set takes place on the plane of Eltensia, almost a millennia after the Warden of the Afterlife, a planeswalker named Hieronymus Scratch, left it. In Scratch's absence, the systems he left in place to guard the afterlife were destroyed, and a powerful lich called Arcet has ushered in a new age of the plane, where liches control most of the world, save for the portions under the custody of the Wildcourt, a collection of powerful nature spirits and elves, and the parts ruled by the Rose Court, an aristocratic group of hedonistic vampires.

The plane has endured this rule for the past 800 years, but as the world has gotten darker over the centuries, rumors started to arise of how the return of the Warden would allow humanity to once again flourish, and to send the undead rulers of the world back to the afterlife where they belong. These rumors combined with the intense, unending trauma of living on this plane, eventually lead a young woman, Manira of Bulvem, to spark and search the multiverse for Scratch. Eventually, Manira finds him in a teashop on The Spindle, and urges him to return to his post. Scratch is initially reluctant, until he learns that his absence has been for much longer than he'd realized due to Eltensia's unique flow of time. Before the two returned to Eltensia, they hired a mercenary on the Spindle, Xirix.

On Eltensia, a perfect storm of conflicts strikes the plane. In addition to Scratch's return, several of the archmages are being drawn into conflict with each other, or with revolutionary forces that have risen up under a few charismatic leaders who seek to overthrow their lich overlords.