I have two favorites; one for artwork and the other for functionality/flavor text.
Dreamborn Muse is by far my favorite in terms of artwork. It doesn't have anything fancy about it, just the simplicity in design but it is still is eye catching. Still working on getting my 4th Onslaught foil and 4 10th foils.
Mizzium Transreliquat is one of the most versatile cards in the game, and also one of the more difficult for other people to pronounce. "What is it? Um...What do you want it to be?". Extremely true, as this card with Time Vault allows for unlimited turns for 3 colorless mana, or for a boatload of mana, change it to Panoptic Mirror and imprint whatever instant you want then change it to Isochron Scepter and pelt a high cost instant for 2 after that whenever you make it a stick, or, one more convoluted example, Mimic vat, kill whatever you want, then swap to soul foundry and mass produce permanent copies. I'm still working on my foil/signed collection on this as John Avon actually does signings for his cards (1 foil, 1 signed, and 1 foil/signed)
Top MB pick:
Archetype of Aggression - Removes your opponent's trample as long as it's in play. This alone would make it plausible SB material, but it gives all our guys trample to boot. That champion that keeps getting chumped...run them over. Got a big pridemate that they throw the myrs under...now they have to worry about it. I wouldn't run more than a 3-of, and that's only in mono-R and possibly R/W. 2 seems to be the magic number for them. I'm currently testing them in those numbers for R and RWG, I'll post lists after next week with my observations.
Top SB/MB pick:
Unravel the AEther - I finally removed the singleton Hide//Seek in my RWG lists for this, as it improves upon the only possible mode for it. All that scrying has been voided and anything topdecked is now shuffled, all for the cost of one of their artifacts or enchantments (I've even popped off a myr to win a game as they noxious revival'd up a cryptic command). I run 1 in the MB and 2 in the SB. We need answers for Torpor Orb in all cases, and in the G builds, this card is my personal favorite for said task.
Noteworthy Mentions:
Brimaz, King of Oreskos - Haven't done any testing yet, but seems to have good potential for R/W SS lists and can't be bolted away.
Archetype of Courage - First strike seems really good, especially when your opponent can't have it. Needs tested I think.
Lightning Volley - 4 mana to timmy your opponent to death eot...seems plausible.
Ephara, God of the Polis - That RUW list just got something worthwhile...unfortunately I haven't seen to much in U that helps Norin out as well as G or B splash.
Karametra and Xenagos...5cc for something that's not gonna win the game right then...not to mention when do we see 5 mana? Fringe plausible, but I highly doubt they're gonna work.
AerronMichael - AerronMichael - TBD
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Black adds Dark Confidant to the mix of humans and you can go combo death route via Blood Artist in addition to hand disruption. I haven't done much testing on B splash in a couple months, so I'm a bit rusty on this.
Off topic - I'm currently doing some testing on what I've called Eternal Hydras - It's an UG Eternal Command/Ruse shell with flash enablers for Primordial Hydra and/or Mistcutter Hydra, Kalonian currently out of the list. I had the "Kangaroo" build in it, but kept only the Coiling Oracles from it. Prophet of Kruphix rounds out the mana curve and Nykthos plays well in it. That's just the basic overview of the deck
@ neckfire - It's nice to see at least a variant of Norin/Soul Sisters seeing some positive results. Thanks for the link!
While I may not be an advocate of the full-blown Soul Sisters route (just not my style), I can see that it has a powerful resilience to it. I prefer to test the fringe combo variants and aggro variants. I will post results of the testing after Born is spoiled and the lists I tested, as well as my opinions on the card choices. As of right now, I'm doing some intensive testing on a different deck of mine that is showing some promise.
AerronMichael - TBD
2x Vorel of the Hull Clade
2x Gilder Bairn
2x Primeval Titan
4x Coiling Oracle
2x Eternal Witness
2x Prophet of Kruphix
1x Seedborn Muse
2x Kalonian Hydra
2x Primordial Hydra
3x Elvish Visionary
Artifacts:
3x Amulet of Vigor
Enchantments:
2x Leyline of Anticipation
3x Remand
2x Spell Snare
3x Cryptic Command
2x Familiar's Ruse
Sorceries:
2x Primal Command
Lands:
3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
3x Simic Growth Chamber
4x Breeding Pool
4x Flooded Grove
3x Temple of Mystery
3x Forest
3x Island
3x Mana Leak
3x Simic Charm
4x Snapcaster mage
2x Vedalken Shackles
3x Mistcutter Hydra
I think I might be dropping out the Kangaroo antics of the deck to help it streamline some and switch them for Lorescale Coatl and Sakura Tribe Elder
Any additional comments/suggestions would be appreciated.