I think there has been a pretty big shift away from clones and reanimates as general good stuff cards. For a while the meta would revolve heavily around 1 or 2 real creatures in play, and fighting over them with reanimates and clones, especially when clones could double as removal and threats. I think thats also probably why you see a lot less consecrated sphynx. Grave Titan is another one that I think used to be much more common to fight over and define a game. Primeval Titan and sundering titan were also big parts of that meta and they obviously got banned for it.
I think the other thing that has streamlined a lot more is the ramp and removal that people use. I think it has become much more streamlined like the person above noted Krosan Grip losing popularity for Nature's Claim.
A lot of expensive blue card draw spells like Recurring Insight used to be popular as well, that seems to have been streamlined more into things like Rhystic Study and Treasure Cruise
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I think the other thing that has streamlined a lot more is the ramp and removal that people use. I think it has become much more streamlined like the person above noted Krosan Grip losing popularity for Nature's Claim.
A lot of expensive blue card draw spells like Recurring Insight used to be popular as well, that seems to have been streamlined more into things like Rhystic Study and Treasure Cruise