Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I love that badger. 1/1 with trample is always funny
So much flavor in Weight of the Underworld
Edit: Personally, I think people are being way too hard on this set. Looking it over, I see plenty of cards that have a shot of making it into standard (i don't play modern or legacy, so I don't know what they'd want). Cards I think will see some kind of standard play are: the gods, the scry lands, red and white archetypes, the blue, red, and green fated cards, brimaz, eidolon of countless battles, hero of iroas, loyal pegasus, oreskos sun guide, revoke existence, spirit of the labyrinth, vanguard of brimaz, meletis astronomer, nullify, retraction helix, vortex elemental, whelming wave, bile blight, champion of stray souls, drown in sorrow, fate unraveler, gild, herald of torment, marshmist titan, odunos river trawler, pain seer, sanguimancy, spiteful returned, akroan conscriptor, everflame eidolon, fall of the hammer, fellhide spiritbinder, flame-wreathed phoenix, lightning volley, nyxborn rollicker, oracle of bones, satyr firedancer, searing blood, stormcaller of keranos, thunderous might, aspect of hydra, courser of kruphix, hunter's prowess, karametra's favor, mortal's resolve, pheres-band tromper, satyr wayfinder, skyreaping, unravel the aether, ephara's enlightenment, fanatic of xenagos, kiora, kiora's follower, ragemonger, siren of the silent song, and springleaf drum.
Those are cards i think have a chance. Sure, some of them were obvious inclusions to already established decks, but others give new decks a chance to shine and some of these might give way to variations of already popular decks. Those decks may not be as powerful as mono black, control, r/g, etc., but that won't make them any less fun to play with. Just because so many cards aren't "omg so amazing" doesn't mean this set is worthless. Just wait and give it a chance.
I posted this on another topic, but its pretty clear seeing the whole gallery that WotC is attempting a creature-based control for UB here, primarily focused around the Heroic and Inspiration mechanics. A LOT of the spells require a creature on the field to function, but gain the added bonus of triggering things like Heroic and Inspiration.
Honestly, its not really my bailiwick, but I'm willing to give it a shot.
Stormcaller of Keranos provides repeatable card filtering. It might be worth a slot in my Intet EDH deck. Satyr Wayfinder gets you land, a 1/1 body, and puts cards in your yard.
I don't know what to think of Swordwise Centaur's flavor text... It implies that Elspeth is from this plane. Am I right to read it as that? I could have sworn she was from another plane.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/bornofthegods/cig#
"The demon had flown past the reach of Erebos's whip but not the point of the sun god's spear."
Great, now I'm imagining Heliod and Erebos teaming up and it's awesome.
Elk tribal needed a new lord!
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
A comic about the world's most addictive game, Magic: The Gathering.
Loving some of the commons and uncommons.
Oracle's Insight looks sweet. Put that on your Pain Seer.
Great Hart! NO! NO! WHAT ABOUT Pillarfield Ox?!?!?! Boo Wizards. >:(
So much flavor in Weight of the Underworld
Edit: Personally, I think people are being way too hard on this set. Looking it over, I see plenty of cards that have a shot of making it into standard (i don't play modern or legacy, so I don't know what they'd want). Cards I think will see some kind of standard play are: the gods, the scry lands, red and white archetypes, the blue, red, and green fated cards, brimaz, eidolon of countless battles, hero of iroas, loyal pegasus, oreskos sun guide, revoke existence, spirit of the labyrinth, vanguard of brimaz, meletis astronomer, nullify, retraction helix, vortex elemental, whelming wave, bile blight, champion of stray souls, drown in sorrow, fate unraveler, gild, herald of torment, marshmist titan, odunos river trawler, pain seer, sanguimancy, spiteful returned, akroan conscriptor, everflame eidolon, fall of the hammer, fellhide spiritbinder, flame-wreathed phoenix, lightning volley, nyxborn rollicker, oracle of bones, satyr firedancer, searing blood, stormcaller of keranos, thunderous might, aspect of hydra, courser of kruphix, hunter's prowess, karametra's favor, mortal's resolve, pheres-band tromper, satyr wayfinder, skyreaping, unravel the aether, ephara's enlightenment, fanatic of xenagos, kiora, kiora's follower, ragemonger, siren of the silent song, and springleaf drum.
Those are cards i think have a chance. Sure, some of them were obvious inclusions to already established decks, but others give new decks a chance to shine and some of these might give way to variations of already popular decks. Those decks may not be as powerful as mono black, control, r/g, etc., but that won't make them any less fun to play with. Just because so many cards aren't "omg so amazing" doesn't mean this set is worthless. Just wait and give it a chance.
Honestly, its not really my bailiwick, but I'm willing to give it a shot.
~DD
My thoughts exactly. Haste would make a lot more sense.
Elves
Loam Depths
Goblin Stompy
Kobold Aggro
GB Nic Fit
Pod Nic Fit
12 Post
Pattern Combo
Squirrel Stompy
Amulet of Vigor Combo
Restore Balance
Cascade Swans
Mono U Tron
Through the Breach
Elves
Mono Red Control
Tooth and Nail Tron
Leviathans
Krenko Combo
Jaya LD
Zirilan Dragons
Omnath
WWUGeist of Saint TraftUWW
UUBBLazav, Dimir MastermindBBUU
BRMalfegorRB
RGThromok the InsatiableGR
GGWWTrostani, Selesnya's VoiceWWGG
WBTeysa, Orzhov ScionBW
BGGGlissa, the TraitorGGB
GGUUPrime Speaker ZeganaUUGG
URJhoira of the GhituRU
RRWWAurelia, the WarleaderWWRR
UBRJeleva, Nephalias ScourgeRBU
[bolton]I CAN GO THE DISTANCE[/bolton]
Worst set since Theros, certainly. There probably won't be a set worse than this until May.