Thats roughly 21% of the creatures having one of the party creature types. I'm curious what cards we get but I don't have high hopes for the party mechanic. Hoping for some good modal double faced cards though.
M21 has had a big impact on my peasant cube. I don't think there has been a more interesting set at least for my list. I ended up including 20 (twenty!) cards and I am confident that most of them stay for quite some time.
White: Seasoned Hallowblade - strong aggro card Basri's Solidarity - powerful in the +1/+1 counters deck, always good with creatures but potentially dead with no board
Blue: Shipwreck Dowser - Fits well in the izzet spells matter archetype but should be descent almost always Waker of Waves - Perfect piece for the dimir reanimation archetype. Puts itself +1 into the yard and draws you a card. relevant static ability, too.
Black: Silversmote Ghoul - fits quite nice into the orzhov lifegain/drain theme Liliana's Devotee - paying 1B for a 3/2 zombie token seems strong, not 100% sure it has a bright future. The lord effect is added value but not the reason for inclusion. Goremand - New black curve topper. Reanimation and Aristocrats should be very happy with this Village Rites - turn a creature into 2 cards at instant speed and gain a sac trigger - count me in. Malefic Scythe - This is in testing mode - seems strong enough.
Red: Heartfire Immolator - Nobrainer. Staple 2 drop in red. Kinetic Augur - Good spells matter card Havoc Jester - Maybe too parasitic but there is a lot of sacrificing going on in the cube. Has to proof itself though.
Green: Quirion Dryad - Selesnya is all about +1/+1 counters. This is genuinly strong in 2+ color decks. Llanowar Visionary - Talking about staples: I dont think this is going anywhere anytime soon. Warden of the Woods - A more interesting top end card for green, looks promising. Wildwood Scourge - More +1/+1 counters greatness
Dimir: Obsessive Stitcher - As dimir is the reanimation archetype in my cube, this fits very well.
Rakdos: Dire Fleet Warmonger - Rakdos is the home for aristocrats, this card could find a permanent home there. An aggressive sac outlet. yay.
Izzet: Experimental Overload - For the spells matter archetype this seems like a no brainer. Triggers prowess, makes a dude, gets back the best spell. This is so good.
Selesnya: Conclave Mentor - Yet another perfect fit for an archetype. Selesnya is about +1/+1 counters.
It's always nice when a set brings new live to ones cube and M21 was definetly the set for me. Now I only need to convince my wife to draft it a few times
Edit: had to edit this because I added even more cards from M21 ...
Thats roughly 21% of the creatures having one of the party creature types. I'm curious what cards we get but I don't have high hopes for the party mechanic. Hoping for some good modal double faced cards though.
Also Windrider Wizard is in, so that's potentially +1 wizard
White:
Seasoned Hallowblade - strong aggro card
Basri's Solidarity - powerful in the +1/+1 counters deck, always good with creatures but potentially dead with no board
Blue:
Shipwreck Dowser - Fits well in the izzet spells matter archetype but should be descent almost always
Waker of Waves - Perfect piece for the dimir reanimation archetype. Puts itself +1 into the yard and draws you a card. relevant static ability, too.
Black:
Silversmote Ghoul - fits quite nice into the orzhov lifegain/drain theme
Liliana's Devotee - paying 1B for a 3/2 zombie token seems strong, not 100% sure it has a bright future. The lord effect is added value but not the reason for inclusion.
Goremand - New black curve topper. Reanimation and Aristocrats should be very happy with this
Village Rites - turn a creature into 2 cards at instant speed and gain a sac trigger - count me in.
Malefic Scythe - This is in testing mode - seems strong enough.
Red:
Heartfire Immolator - Nobrainer. Staple 2 drop in red.
Kinetic Augur - Good spells matter card
Havoc Jester - Maybe too parasitic but there is a lot of sacrificing going on in the cube. Has to proof itself though.
Green:
Quirion Dryad - Selesnya is all about +1/+1 counters. This is genuinly strong in 2+ color decks.
Llanowar Visionary - Talking about staples: I dont think this is going anywhere anytime soon.
Warden of the Woods - A more interesting top end card for green, looks promising.
Wildwood Scourge - More +1/+1 counters greatness
Dimir:
Obsessive Stitcher - As dimir is the reanimation archetype in my cube, this fits very well.
Rakdos:
Dire Fleet Warmonger - Rakdos is the home for aristocrats, this card could find a permanent home there. An aggressive sac outlet. yay.
Izzet:
Experimental Overload - For the spells matter archetype this seems like a no brainer. Triggers prowess, makes a dude, gets back the best spell. This is so good.
Selesnya:
Conclave Mentor - Yet another perfect fit for an archetype. Selesnya is about +1/+1 counters.
These inclusions brought me to quite some changes on my peasant cube in general. Here is the list: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/5f02e8171a314e101892d630 Feedback and Drafts are highly appreciated.
It's always nice when a set brings new live to ones cube and M21 was definetly the set for me. Now I only need to convince my wife to draft it a few times
Edit: had to edit this because I added even more cards from M21 ...