Brokers
| Brokers | |
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| History | |
| Founded on | Capenna |
| Active | Mending Era |
| Membership | |
| Leader | Falco Spara |
| Members | Perrie, Kros, Lagrella, Rigo, Denry Klin |
| Information | |
| Colors |
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| Mechanics | Shield counters |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
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31 watermarks  3.2% 16.1% 12.9% 12.9%  54.8% | |
One of the five crime families of New Capenna, the Brokers are the demonic lawyers of the crime world. They are associated with mana, but are centered in white.[1][2][3]
Description
The Brokers are a demonic law firm that secretly believes a doomsday prophecy will be fulfilled when the halo dries up, New Capenna will fail. They maintain public law offices where they handle mundane matters like property disputes and physical grievances. But their aggressive solicitors have a dubious reputation for being everywhere and showing up at every crisis in the city.
The Brokers are led by the demon-aven Falco Spara, the originator of the Brokers' contract-weaving abilities. The Brokers' headquarters is Nido Sanctuary, a lavish office in the central district of the Mezzio.[3]
The Brokers are servants first, agents of the upper crust's upper crust, and bruisers comfortable on the underside of the barrel—the armor on their suits is there for a reason. Practicing a unique style of contract magic invented by their founder, the Brokers offer their services at no upfront cost to those in desperate need. Whether accosted by a gang of brass-knuckle-toting Riveteers in the Caldaia or cornered by bloodthirsty Maestros' assassins in Park Heights, the Brokers will intercede when called, offer terms, and fight on their new clients' behalf. The price is always the same: a favor, to be collected later, for a benefit—your teeth, your business, or your life—that's hard to turn down.[3]
Their demonic contracts erase the victim's memory; consequently, they have thousands of sleeper agents.[4]
History
During the time of Old Capenna, the Brokers served as the plane's protectors and paladins.[5] They would travel from village to village, making pacts of protection with the locals. After the city was founded, these duties evolved into protection rackets.[1]
The Brokers led the defense of Capenna during the New Phyrexian Invasion, with Falco being a crucial target of Atraxa's massacre. They had a stockpile of Halo and made primary negotiations with the reawakened angels.[6]
Design influence
The Brokers were initially designed as a corrupt law enforcement agency, but was changed to a solicitation group fronting racketeering, due to prolific anti police brutality protests during the time New Capenna was being designed.[7] Their original mechanic was Cleave, at the time called "Misconduct."[8]
In the game
The Brokers are mechanically focused on counters, especially their signature shield counters, although they have a few cards that can produce counters of other types. Many cards associated with the Brokers have beneficial effects if your creatures have any type of counter on them, Perrie the Pulverizer, Exotic Pets, Storm of Forms and Bribe Taker in particular scale up in power if you have a variety of different counters. They also have ways to move or duplicate counters of any type, and can even spend them as a resource, in the case of Falco Spara, Pactweaver and Sanctuary Warden.
In Streets of New Capenna, the Brokers work well with the counters draft archetype, represented by Celestial Regulator, Exotic Pets, and Metropolis Angel, which they share with the Obscura. They don't have much to do with the Citizen swarming archetype beyond having a few Citizen creatures in their ranks.
The Bedecked Brokers commander deck can produce twenty different kinds of counters, those being +1/+1, -1/-1, -0/-1, shield, brick, charge, fate, feather, hoofprint, hour, and keyword counters for deathtouch, double strike, first strike, flying, hexproof, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance.
Shield counters
Shield counters are marks of protection that can prevent a single instance of damage or a single destruction effect. They're essentially a rework of the depreciated regenerate mechanic.
Creature types
Species and races
Species and races associated with the Brokers include:
Classes
Classes associated with the Brokers include:
Notable members
- Falco Spara, the family's aven boss.[4]
- Kros, a leonin enforcer.[4]
- Lagrella the Magpie, a human lieutenant.[9]
- Perrie, a rhox enforcer.[4]
- Rigo, a young leonin.[4]
- Denry Klin, a leonin editor in chief.[4]
In-game references
- Associated cards:
- Referred to:
References
- ↑ a b Criminal History (Video). The Command Zone. YouTube (March 31, 2022).
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 11, 2022). "Hitting the Streets of New Capenna, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Miguel Lopez (April 28, 2022). "Planeswalker's Guide to Streets of New Capenna". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2022-04-28.
- ↑ a b c d e f Tobias S. Buckell (March 28, 2022). "The Contract Breaker". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text of Dapper Shieldmate
- ↑ Elise Kova (March 27, 2023). "March of the Machine - New Capenna: The Fall of Park Heights". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 7, 2022). "Hitting the Streets of New Capenna". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ The 20 Worst Mechanics of All Time (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (October 28, 2024).
- ↑ Kaitlyn Zivanovich (March 29, 2022). "What You Expect to See". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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