Cramming snow artifacts into 4c good stuff gives me yugioh vibes. Putting cards meant for one archetype to prop up a completely different archetype.

Problem with astrolabe is that it was designed as mana filter with enabler qualities, a relevant card type being artifact and a draw when it enters the battlefield. In an environment that can't hate nonbasics like Legacy and not able to manipulate the stack with appropriate responses.

Not sure we're going to see better hate than ceremonious rejection for e-tron and an artifact heavy meta. We have the 1 cmc answer and no one is running it. The next step is making it modal at 1 cmc or making it cheaper. I don't think we want either. The questions are too strong right now. Astrolab...

How did Aria of Flame impact modern? I'm out of the loop Aria of flame + finale of promise back then, meant you deal 1+2+3=6 damage. Plus lava dart 6+4=10. Plus flashback lava dart, sac a mountain it's 15. Also, it means that, as opposed to Pyromancer's ascension, which meant the deck was heateable...

How did Aria of Flame impact modern? I'm out of the loop