I'll reiterate that one of the reasons I think the C14 decks were so good is that beyond their monetary value they were actually playable. That's pretty important if we want the decks to be an entry point for the format.

Oh I wouldn't say I'm terribly concerned, I just see the troll potential going well beyond any actual benefit the card provides to the game.

For my money it's never going to get better than C14 - all the decks were valuable and played well right out of the box. This year has been an improvement, particularly in design of many of the new cards. I think the value is there, but could still be improved. I consider this a step in the right di...

I think my concern with Aeon Engine loops is that they lock out half or more of the table while leaving 2 people to play the game. In my group that's a big no-no since we all play together as a single pod, so making 3-4 other players wait for everyone else is a real dick move. At least with traditio...

8 Turns or after the 3rd board reset, whatever comes first.

I don't know if this is good, but I do know that I like it.

Kaalia digs this for sure.

I had zero expectations of anything from the madness deck being good but this Chainer is hot fire.

Voice of Many is begging to be blinked. Bring back Roon of the Hidden Realm? I'm sure you have better draw options in those colors but still it's not a terrible card.

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Can I just say how glad I am that this can't be cheated into play with Kaalia?

If you cheat this in with Kaalia, you won't get its trigger.

I'm aware, but my local Kaalia player is very fond of multiple attack steps.

Can I just say how glad I am that this can't be cheated into play with Kaalia?

That's one serious snek for token decks, particularly decks that generate a lot of smaller tokens that you'd normally have little incentive to block. I like this guy a lot.

Excellent, this could be what I always hoped R Grenzo would be.

An excellent Sunforger toolbox card at the very least, and just when I'm looking to build RW again.

Volrath certainly seems fun. It's interesting that he can't choose to keep his copied form so if the creature you want to copy leaves play you could end up in a bad spot.

So we're just printing better Illusionay Masks now? Laughs in Phyrexian Dreadnought Rayami is pretty cool. I've been lamenting the lack of solid aggro options in Sultai forever. The fact that this hates on your own recursion strategies isn't great for these colors, but it's a very strong ability to ...

Gerrard is fantastic if only because he's not just a redzone dummy. I'm still dreaming of a blood moon or stranglehold in the command zone, but this makes me happy too.

Am I missing something? When you cast it the first time, you get to double-cast one normally-not-flashback card, and when you flash it back it has no extra effect with Savinne since it'll be the first spell. Seems...not amazing? I mean it's fine. I'm sure some versions will include it. Recoup has b...

Past in Flames is kind of my primary concern with Savinne.

It's extremely disappointing that the madness commander is neither U nor G.

Overall these look pretty solid but not terribly exciting. A bit pigeonholed.