Dark Ritual is among the most efficient rituals in the game and, as one of Magic's best black instants, still sees frequent play in decks willing to trade cards for mana, a trade unfair decks make willingly and effectively
Scion of Vitu-Ghazi Its not quite Cloudgoat Ranger [Editors Note: Trust me, nothing is!] , but getting three creatures for five mana isnt bad
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land on the battlefield with the same name as the exiled card
Do you think its an accident that the format revolved around powerful haymaker-style five-drops in a world of Fatal Push
Strangely enough, the people who benefit from this new change of tactics the most arent Commander players, but those who are sick of seeing Commander cards everywhere
I like to keep opening hands with some sort of draw engine in them, particularly cards like Sythis, Harvest's Hand or Satyr Enchanter