The Rabiah Scale
The public’s love for scales knows no bounds, so here’s the latest one. This scale is about how likely I think we are to return to a plane in a Standard-legal set. A few caveats:
• This is totally my opinion and does not reflect anyone else in R&D. Remember, I am not a member of the creative team.
• Like the Storm Scale, this is based on a general sense of the future without actually factoring in what I know about the future. If we are about to do something unexpected, I still treat it as unlikely (similar to how Madness was rated an 8 even though I knew it was coming back in Shadows over Innistrad).
• I listed all the planes we have visited on black border cards save future-shifted cards and planes cards. I might have forgotten one or two.
• I am talking about revisiting these planes and not going to a new plane with a similar approach. For instance, Rabiah being a 10 doesn’t mean a new Persian-inspired plane is equally unlikely.
• Like the Storm Scale, 1 means very likely and 10 means very unlikely.
• With all that said, enjoy.
1 – Ravnica, Innistrad
2 – Zendikar
3 – Kaladesh, Theros
4 – Alara, Dominaria, Tarkir, Vryn
5 – Fiora, New Phyrexia (Mirrodin)
6 – Regatha
7 – Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, Shandalar
8 – Kamigawa, Segovia
9 – Mercadia, Rath, Serra’s Realm, Ulgrotha
10 – Rabiah