Aetherdrift Limited Set Review: Multicolored & Colorless | Magic: the Gathering

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The full card gallery for Aetherdrift dropped earlier today, and that means it’s time for my Limited Set Review! In this video I give you my thoughts on very multicolored and colorless card in the set.
What my grades mean:
I use a letter grade system, and my grades usually fall into a bell curve (Very few A’s and F’s, lots of C’s.)
A - Bombs that are always your first pick, they completely warp the game in your favor, and they easily pull you into their color(s). You always first pick these. These are cards you are ecstatic to have in your deck. Most sets have 15-20 of these. Tend to mostly be Mythics or Rares, though sometimes an Uncommon gets there.
(Sire of Seven Deaths, High Society Hunter, Chandra, Flameshaper)
B - Premium removal spells and highly efficient creatures, often worth first picking. Still strong enough to pull you into their colors, but not quite as game or draft warping as A’s are. These are cards you feel good about having in your deck, and you would play several copies of most of them. Mostly Uncommons and higher, but there are usually 10-15 commons that get there too.
(Stab, Elvish Regrower, Dragon Trainer)
C - Filler. These are cards you neither feel good or bad about having in your deck. You play them if you’re in their colors, but they don’t tempt you to go into their color at all. Usually includes reasonably efficient creatures, good combat tricks, and removal spells. These appear at all rarities, but are most frequently Common. (Soul-Shackled Zombie, Icewind Elemental, Courageous Goblin)
D - Playable in an emergency. These are cards that you don’t feel so good about playing, but in a pinch, sometimes you just have to play them. (Incinerating Blast, Quakestrider Ceratops, Vampire Soucaller)
F - Unplayable. These are cards that you should never play. There are very few of these in modern Limited formats, but they do appear at all rarities, with the most usually appearing at Rare and Common. These are cards whose effects are pretty much useless or overly narrow. (Inspiration from Beyond, Boltwave, Goblin Negotiation)
There are two categories of cards that I give two grades to: Build Arounds and Sideboard Cards.
Build Around: These are cards that need special synergy to be at their best - synergy that won’t just come naturally. For these cards, I give one grade indicating how I think the card will perform in a typical deck of that color, and another grade if you manage to get there on synergy. (Nine-Live Familiar, Rite of the Dragoncaller, Revenge of the Rats)
Sideboard Cards: These are generally cards that are Ds or Fs in your mainboard, but can perform much better out of the sideboard - at least as a C or higher. We see less of these today than we used to, since so many cards are modal.
(Crystal Barricade, Seeker’s Folly)
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[@timeparadox999]

i like how one of the new mechanics is "Exhaust," car-themed but also a very general word that would fit in any magic set. and then the other one is called "Start your engines!" with an exclamation point

[@stuflames4769]

I think we can see which one they are planning on having a reappearance as a major theme in a later set.

[@samuelrussell5760]

Exhaust also just makes sense for the ability generically since you exhaust it when you use it. On the other hand, it’s really just a key word for a thing that has existed for a while. Lots of creatures have abilities that can be activated only once.

[@thebrowningfarm]

When announcers say, "Start your engines!" they usually say it with an exclamation point

[@cody6321]

start your engines should have been accelerate.

[@irou95]

It's exhaust fumes for this set and exhaust-tired for later sets

[@andyspendlove1019]

45:05 I love how you said the words “Legendary Artifact Planeswalker - Equipment” as if that’s an everyday occurrence 😄

[@DaveBloodbow]

Missed their chance to create a legendary vehicle named KARn.

[@vincentwerts4724]

Got a chuckle out of me.

[@DuhstinK]

Theoretically there could be like 10 more verges right, switching around which color is automatic? Dunno if they'll actually do that of course.

[@eliakimrodrigues]

They'll probably do. The existing 10 Verges are expensive enough that they can cash in in a few years with the rest of the cycle. (Meanwhile, River of Tears cries in a corner.)

[@gbort1]

I am actually surprise how into this set I am. Not my favorite theme but the mechanics seem neat and I wanna draft it.

[@SpitefulAZ]

let's go! vroom vroom

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

I like the mechanics, but wow do I hate the theme, and the art. The yellow bordered cards are some of the worst I've seen.

[@rattlesnek3847]

It reminds me of new capenna, the structure of the set is cool but the flavor is not all there

[@SpitefulAZ]

@rattlesnek3847 but new capenna was oozing with flavor!

[@Mil89GR]

For me, New Capeena had the flavour but man.... The mechanics were not there for me...I hated drafting that set ..​@@rattlesnek3847

[@BrooklynMoo]

14:05 Coalstone exiles the revived target, so no death triggers unfortunately, but you do get a really good enters potentially from the opponents grave, depending on what it is 2-3 for one for sure.

[@ben_clifford]

35:51 It wasn't until your coverage that I realized this guy's ability wakes him up permanently. Neat!

[@joshhudson9839]

Max speed is just corrupted in disguise.

[@NizzahonMagic]

Luckily it's far more flexible.

[@SpitefulAZ]

@@joshhudson9839 minus any win the game clause.

[@TheEvolver311]

Like a more aggro reflection

[@Shimatzu95]

I get why you go alphabethical but i still think in the multicolor video you should sort by color instead.

[@STank-bot_88]

Stupid

[@stuflames4769]

Hot dog, it's Nizza review season again!

[@TheAceOfFire]

These 'Start your engines!' lands are going to be AMAZING in my Eldrazi deck! Some things NEED colorless energy!

[@ben_clifford]

@@TheAceOfFire *mana

[@geronimo8159]

I just can't get over how stupid the set symbol looks. Yes, I know it's about racing (not loving the idea personally, but OK), but that's seriously the best thing they came up with? It's so generic and it just doesn't tie in with Magic in general at all in my opinion... Even something like a wheel on fire would look better

[@Veggie_Dogg]

I used to hate the Mercadian Masques set logo when I first saw it as a kid. Thought it looked stupid and legit didn’t like the set because of it. Now I look back and laugh. Sure the racing flag set symbol looks like an un-set, but I’m sure you will look back and laugh. The wheel on fire is a great idea srsly.

[@rayzhang7591]

Magic’s theme and setting has completely gone to shit the past couple years

[@sallomon2357]

Hard agree with you, this set symbol is shit. Even with overtly tropey sets like OTJ or MKM they had some fun with the symbols, for MKM the dagger has Ravnican symbols inside its handle, for OTJ the cowboy hat is a bit stylised at least, almost like it's coloured glass or a gem or a pin or sth. But this? This is just a checkered flag. Nothing interesting. And then they put it on like one or two creatures in the set? Really?

[@ChazTheYouthful]

I'm not picking this up for limited, it's for commander. If i want a zoom zoom vehicle or artifact deck, awesome. Grabbing the zombie deck to boost my zombie deck. There have been like 400 sets at this point so why would i care?

[@jdksportsyt]

"The set symbol should be a wheel on fire. Dumb set." we're really reaching for what triggers us in Magic these days, huh?

[@woodysmith2681]

Lagorin attacks and earns the trigger for attacking, so it rumbles as a 2/2 if needed. If you don't need the evasion, it can move the counters to something else. 2 mana 2/2 flyer with the buff payoff is better than B-.

[@AngoDecay]

Im stumped how you got an A on Brightglass Gearhulk. They gearhulks are incredibly hard to cast so they can only be played in one deck. This one in particular likely will be played on turn 5-6. At that point the body is just ok and the Etb might be unrelevant or whiff at all. How many 1 mana card has your regular limited deck that this card can tutor. Maybe 2? Im on C on this card.

[@NizzahonMagic]

The Brightglass Gearhulk body is virtually never "just okay" in Limited, it's almost always relevant. Most Limited decks these days run 4-5 cards that it can search up. But yeah, you might be right that the mana holds it back too much -- I tried to dock it for that, but it could certainly be docked even more. It's not going to be a C ever though. It's certainly a B or B+, even with mana considerations. I mean, look at something like Mimeomancer. It's easier to cast but not nearly as good in any other way, and that card was one of the best Uncommons in it's format.

[@MSR-1701]

Would set reviews of classic sets (Apocalypse, Legends, etc) be viable down the road? Nice review, looking forward to the series/set😅

[@joshuaking7470]

OMG yes please @NizzahonMagic do that with a grade for at the time and a current Magic limited grade.

[@rinmathews9337]

26:26 Lagorin soul of alacria only puts counters on mounts or vehicles, not regular creatures. Basically everyone misses that though. Edit: I bet it'll be great at prerelease tho when nobody knows that!

[@adamgardner9374]

27:52 “Sort of Dark Ritual”, it’s Black Lotus. I mean, it costs G rather than 0, but the effect is that of Black Lotus.

[@ben_clifford]

That's what other creators are saying, but dark rit is a better comparison, really. You go up 2 mana, not 3. Also, this take makes it obvious that all 3 abilities are callbacks to the alpha boon cycle.

[@MrBrockProductions]

interesting element of explosive getaway is that, if your opponent can kill your creature in response, the whole sweeper fizzles. you might sometimes have to choose no target if you cant afford that risk

[@GFortz]

I'd say that the ability that Exhaust has the most in common with is Monstrous. In fact, most of them share the common theme of "the creature grows and you get aome other effect".

[@timsimon8665]

On Cloudspire Skycycle "You do need two other Vehicles and/or creatures to get both counters". Is this due to an MTG rulebook definition of distribute? My idiot self reads this and thinks both +1 counters can go on a single creature.

[@petterfriberger3539]

You're right, both counters can go on the same thing

[@NizzahonMagic]

Oh, you're actually right -- you can put them both on one thing. That makes it better for sure. Probably still a B-, but a better one!

[@philipbrackett443]

If you blink a creature who has used its exhaust ability, then can you use the ability again? What if you have multiple copies of a creature with an exhaust ability? Can they each use it?

[@NizzahonMagic]

You can use it once per time it is in play basically. So blinking or it coming back from the graveyard, you can use it again.

[@philipbrackett443]

@NizzahonMagic gotcha, thank you

[@dyne313]

Interesting thing about Radiant Lotus. It allows you to add mana to other players mana pool.

[@TheWormwoodScrubs]

i think that means it uses the stack and is therefore interactable though

[@salomar77]

Unfortunately, mana burn is no more!

[@DerekLippold]

@@salomar77yep. It’s for the best. Though, back in the day we did 100% find ways to have your opponents get Mana burn. Or if the game wasn’t going well, intentionally Mana burn yourself out.

[@draconocor]

Pit Automaton pays for cycling, right? Seems pretty decent.

[@krisdaschwab912]

Drink every time Nizzahon says "legit"

[@stuflames4769]

I'm trying not to die today.

[@NizzahonMagic]

This comment is legit.

[@cax1175]

50:47 I might add Monument to Endurance to my Kozilek deck. It would basically make his Counter ability a +1 in card advantage instead of going even if I draw. Seems pretty good, plus ramp and damage options.

[@robertgamsby51]

Ketramose would be ok in a super vehicle heavy draft as something to crew with but i couldnt imagine it ever being thr best option for a 4 slot in a deck like that... perfect rare draft candidate though

[@ДанилаФедосеев-ъ3щ]

Ketramose can also crew vehicles and saddle mounts, so he is maybe a little better, like a D

[@NizzahonMagic]

Yeah, that's definitely not enough to not be an F.

[@samuelrussell5760]

3 mana for a creature that can satisfy crew or saddle 3 is not something that you're struggling to find in a draft these days. One that can attack and block regularly also is going to be the better choice (lots of these at common). There is no way that Ketramose ever makes the cut in a serious limited deck and that is the definition of an F. Just because you could theoretically get it to do something if you did include it doesn't mean that it will ever be an optimal decision to include it in your 40.

[@andrepinto9225]

The only use i see for Ketramose in limited is trowing it on the grave for mimeoplast to eat, its more likely to ever happen that having 7 exiled cards in this limited format.

[@Shimatzu95]

While it is likely not enough, there are a couple creatures rhat can selfexile from gy, including (if i remember correctly) a cycle of commons that need max speed for the effect.

[@NizzahonMagic]

@@Shimatzu95 Yep, those are around, but it is 100% not enough, as you suggested.

[@quin2203]

Lagorin looks like a B+ at a bare min. Flying is a premium keyword in Limited as are "+1/+1 counters" and Lagorin does both for no extra cost. It's a mini-bomb B+/A-. Just consider the situation where it swings and doesn't die. It will then at 2 power to the field every turn. That will quickly win the game.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It's definitely great on turn two, not so great as a late game top deck though.

[@Ishamael8]

Izzet needed a signpost that allowed it to gain speed during your opponents turn also. Would be interesting to see

[@robertneal4244]

So...Winter looks a bit like the musician, Edgar Winter. Coincidence?

[@parkerdubois5855]

distribute two +1 +1 counters among one or wo other target ... Pretty sure you can put them both on one, likely as a buff to counteract it needing to be crewed unlike similar 4 drops. prob doesnt push it to B tho *Edit talking about the cloudspire skycycle

[@latinojackson9694]

30:30 Mimeoplasm will definitely still have the counters on top of the copies creature's P/T..... what are you talking about?

[@TheGreaterThanTwo]

re-read the very last line of text on the card

[@jdogx211]

BaCk again with the same suggestion: you REALLY should do spme Top 10 fir flavor texts! Was watching your review, and when you got to Pyrewood Gearhulk, the reference and homage is both obvious and tasteful. And then the flavor text just cements how this is a tribute to Wren and World Breaker! ❤❤❤😢

[@luizgagliardi6614]

I thought it was funny that you compared Exhaust to disguise when the most obvious comparison in my opinion is Adapt, which is something you do only once most of times and adds counters as well, as most exhaust abilities do.

[@ben_clifford]

This video made me realize: there is a lot of vigilance in this set

[@MarioJPC]

Redshift is a female, I think. Sab-Sunen is great with the fight and bite effects on the format too. Pit automaton works neat with most of the cyclers, that are 2 generic mana to cycle.

[@Metal_Maoist]

Nope, he's a guy. Also don't call someone "a female" jesus christ

[@RyanMeese-r9c]

Is it true that Cloudspire Skycycle needs 2 other creatures/vehicles to get both counters? Seems like you can put 2 counters on 1 creature with this

[@NizzahonMagic]

You can, so you just need one.

[@lucatraverso3495]

Cool thing about Samut is that she has first strike, so if unblocked she will pump all your non-first strickers for +2/+0 right away

[@Whiskyandrock]

Luxa can also attack the same turn she draws you 2 cards if you have any card that gives her a +1/+1 counter on that same turn which is nuts

[@dylanmann8253]

Am I wrong or do you only need one other vehicle for cloudspine sky cycle to work? It says distributed two counters among one or two creatures. Could you not put both counters on one creature?

[@NizzahonMagic]

You are correct.

[@JohnThompson-es3ph]

I'm a good magic player, even better at limited. I'm going to be so bad at this set. I just have such a bad concept of vehicles and how they should be valued. Max speed seems great in black/ red and in other colors... i have no idea. Is this set fast or slow? How easy will splashing be?

[@ElPanadero18]

I wonder if haunt the network will be as good as Zenith Flare from Ikoria. I doubt it, but I do wonder.

[@Khaldryn]

Why does the Start Your Engines tracker not have a 4 on it? Why does it top off on 3?

[@NizzahonMagic]

It has another side with a 4 and "Max Speed" on it.

[@greyisgame]

Seriously, please consider revealing your grade earlier than immediately at the end of each card. Broadside barrage was on screen for two frames. (Summary of card and impressions) (Letter grade) (Explanation) It's more interesting to hear your rationale with the grade information anyway, and as a bonus means if we blink while watching we won't miss them.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

Damn, besides the god and Voyage Home, was there anything multicolored below a B- in this video?

[@NizzahonMagic]

There are 2 or 3 other signposts I gave a C+ to.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

​@@NizzahonMagic Still, very decent card quality

[@andrepinto9225]

Not sold on Sab-Sunen as A+, she doesnt nothing the turn she enters and the next turn she draws 2, thats a fairly big window late in the game with fairly low impact as paying 5 to draw 2 with delay is very mediocre, if the format is as aggressive as it looks im not sure she will be fast enough for it.

[@stuflames4769]

Agreed. I think she's good, but I have doubts that she's one of the biggest bombs in the set good.

[@salomar77]

The turn she enters she is a creature (she has 0 counters which is counted as even). I’ll happily receive this from you in a draft if you think this is not a bomb ;)

[@sallomon2357]

Zero is even, it even says so on Sab-Sunen herself :)

[@andrepinto9225]

@@salomar77 i never stated she aint a bomb, just not sold being one of the biggest bombs with the recent power level of cards, very aggressive formats and being 2 colour. Unless she is sharing the pack another bomb i aint seeing people pass her :)

[@salomar77]

@ Fair point, you didn't say that indeed :-). I do think you may have misread the card as you say it does nothing the turns she enters. That's not entirely true ;-)

[@sethzard]

I need to work out if the UB gearhulk is worth it for my Dimir Midrange deck.

[@switch788]

Samut first strike can make her +2 your team if not blocked

[@alexMendoza-wl5oj]

Love the new cat God. Mendicant Bias looks great. Let's make some halo rings (portal to phyrexia)

[@leninade20]

I think this is the first set in a good while where I'm excited to try all 10 color pairs. There's some I'm more excited (UR, UW and BG) to try, but there's usually a few I dread the thought of opening my Sealed Pool and finding I'm in one of those.

[@moleculeman27]

Exhaust reminds me of monstrous from OG Theros.

[@rayswift5711]

I think that Bloodheart Engine is a trap. It seems too slow, doesn't adds immediately to the board, basically just a glorified resurrection spell. Also, while Sub-Sunen is great, she doesn't impact the board at all the first turn you cast her, so she won't help you if you're behind and being aggroed out. And if you were unlucky enough to draw something irrelevant (rare, I know, but still), she's also not gonna help you on the second turn too. Compare, for example, to Bonny Pall, who immediately creates two giant bodies and draw you a card most of the time on the first turn you cast her. Marshals' Pathcruiser seems like a suicide.

[@colinhobbs7265]

She's a 6/6 indestructible reach blocker your first turn. MTG counts 0 as even (card specifies that in the reminder text too)

[@joshuaking7470]

@@colinhobbs7265 Not to mention its a near guaranteed draw 2 extra cards the turn after. Find a way to add a counter during the main phase? She's swinging in or holding back to block. Rinse and repeat (hopefully).

[@rayswift5711]

@ Oh. I didn't know that. Thanks. :)

[@Alexxf35]

Let's go!

[@Djm939]

I wonder if the goblins are from the unset (the space one) they don't look like normal goblins in mtg

[@NizzahonMagic]

They aren't, they're from a brand new plane.

[@Metal_Maoist]

There isn't such a thing as "normal" goblins in MtG goblins look different on basically every plane. Some of them look different on the same plane even

[@koenvandiepen7651]

I don't think a 3 mana 4/4 whit lifelink and indestructable is an F.

[@NizzahonMagic]

Well, it's basically a blank piece of cardboard in Limited, so it is. It's stats and keywords are irrelevant because it can never attack or block.

[@koenvandiepen7651]

@@NizzahonMagic Yea this is what i get for not reading the card completly. Better to find out now then during a real game. So thank you

[@HelminthCombos]

there better be some hotwheels Acceleracers in this set

[@matthewwebb4777]

The ‘Max Speed - Start your engines’ mechanic in this set feels similar to the ‘Day & Night’ mechanic from Crimson Vow. You’re not tracking it until a card cares about it, then you don’t stop tracking it until the game’s over. With the caveat that I haven’t played with the set yet, I also think it’s going to go over about as well as that mechanic did too.

[@TheGreaterThanTwo]

do bear in mind, you only track speed for changes on your own turn, it doesn't involve your opponents' actions on their turns at all, and it caps after 3 triggers, so then it becomes no more intensive than Ascend. it's still an extra thing to track, but it's a lot less involved than day/night, The Ring Tempts You, or any venture/initiative stuff. It's less tracking than Monarch, even, since it doesn't apply to your opponents and it hits a cap where it becomes completely static

[@AegisAuras]

3:30 is that Chandra in the upper right of “Start Your Engines!”? Why does she look like Kylo Ren?

[@Azuredragon653]

The text on Aatchik makes no sense. "Each opponent loses 1 life" has nothing to go with it.

[@art_san_nav]

Cloudspire Coordinator (11:45) has some of the worst art I've seen in a while

[@jackiespaceman]

For some reason I’m irrationally annoyed by all the two mana 2/3s they’re printing Just feels lazy somehow

[@Mississippi_Jack]

I think most people are heavily overratting the Aether Spark. It's a win more card that forces you to pay 4 for basically a single +1/+1 counter, it does nothing while you are behind, you need a relevant attacker to get it going, it dies to artifact removal, and it has the aura problem where you risk getting blown out by your opponent removing the creature its attached to and then killing it as a planeswalker on their turn. The value is enticing but I think it will turn out to be a major trap.

[@samuelrussell5760]

You can always keep attaching it to get a +1/+1 counter every turn and ticking it up. Then you can take a turn off to draw two cards. It might not be a bomb, but as a colorless mythic, I'm pretty confident that it will be the best card in the pack every time you see it and it will always make the cut. If you're way behind when you play it, you're right that it probably won't save you. But if you are at parity, it will likely generate repeated value and win you the game. If you're ahead, it's going to seal the game pdq. Of course, sometimes it dies to removal right away and you all it leaves behind is a +1/+1 counter. But that's still a 1 for 1 trade that left you with additional value.

[@RedScarGaming]

Maybe it is just me, it seems that so many of these cards are printed with commander in mind.

[@Shimatzu95]

You mean like every set these days? Honestly the design being close to an unset asthetically might make it one of the flop sets (financially) just for that, simmiliar to murders(mkm) and outlaws(otj).

[@ender4101]

This set looks wild. Can't wait to draft it!

[@monkeyman-mm8qc]

Ahh yes i love me some speed rhino (debries bettle)

[@koenvandiepen7651]

I hate the fact that the max speed mechanic is so slow

[@markk6060]

You used to say E-ther now you say A-ther I think you were right in the first place but idk

[@JoeyDCote]

Seems like they could have call "exhaust" "monstrous"

[@Shimatzu95]

Yup, the only card where it would have made a difference is loot, since 2 instances of monstrous actually couldn't stack.

[@Morgenstern284]

I’m extremely skeptical about the bomb grade you gave to the Aetherspark. This is the way I see it: 4 mana to put a +1+1 counter on one of your creature -> horrible 4 mana to put a +1+1 counter on a creature and on the following turn put another +1+1 or draw 2 -> could be ok I guess, but still nothing special So let’s say it has to do its stuff for 3 turns at least to make those 4 mana you spent in the beginning start to shine, and many things can go wrong there because it has to be attached and the creature has to do some dmg etc I see it as too slow and with a bit too many “ifs” to get the bomb grade.

[@NizzahonMagic]

I don't feel like it needs three turns to get there. The turn you play it you can swing with the equipped creature and raise it's loyalty to the point that you can draw two cards on the next turn without too much trouble. A- might be wrong for sure, but I don't think it's as bad as you're thinking, either.

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

It goes up in loyatly for each damage the creature does, to ANYTHING. So if you equip it to a random 3 drop and attack, it's going to gain 4-5 loyalty the turn you play it (1 from the abillity and 3-4 from the damage). You can realistically use the -2 every other turn.

[@jy-az-33]

Please look up the pronunciation of aether, unless this is some joke i don't understand.

[@NizzahonMagic]

I normally pronounce it "Eethur," which is also what google says. But WotC is pronouncing the set's name as "Aytherdrift" in official stuff, so I did my best to do that. Don't know how succesful it was, since it's a word I've been saying one way for a very long time.

[@jy-az-33]

@NizzahonMagic my bad then! I blame wotc for offending my ears. Great video, I have my bombs list, I'm actually pretty pumped to play this in limited

[@vedbergsmagicalworld]

its not pronounced sab suneeen, its sab sunEN

[@broccolirobino1028]

chowdeer? ChowdEER? It's CHOWDAH! Say it right!

[@SerialChiller1000]

Thematically, i hate this set. I hope it plays well.

[@marcoluciani4790]

Atchik A *MINUS*? My brother in christ it's a 6mana make 10 tokens ETB that turns into a blood artist that also grows itself. Yeah the format has some burn for reach but, like, come on now, the card's absolutely back-breaking in limited.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It could definitely be an A or an A+, wouldn't shock me. But like...it's not going to make 10 tokens with regularity, you've got to account for the games where it makes like 2. And it'll make 2 tokens way more often than it makes 10.

[@marcoluciani4790]

@NizzahonMagic will it, though? What kinda limited games in a set with cycling are you getting through where the color pair focused on self-mill and recursion from graveyard does not have at least 5 creatures binned by turn 6/7? Plus, it's not like you can't cast Atchik later, it doesn't have to drop on curve.

[@ShadowWalker-ng1it]

10 tokens seems a little bit much even if you are milling about 1/2 of the lands you'll mill will be lands even the rest of your deck is only creatures and artefacts.

[@marcoluciani4790]

@@ShadowWalker-ng1it Ok, yes, 10 was hyperbole... But isn't 5 good enough? It's a 6 mana 8/8 split across 6 bodies, that also grows and pings if the smaller bodies are removed first. IN THE REANIMATION COLOR PAIR. Like, I'll eat my shorts if I'm wrong but the card absolutely looks like A+ material to me. You have other tools to stabilize early, and it breaks the mid/late game wide open.

[@andrepinto9225]

@@marcoluciani4790 The format looks to be a fairly fast tempo one, and a fair chunk of the mill cards have fairly low impact on the board. A- looks reasonable to me as it doesnt get "value" of one of the niceties of green which is ramp as trowing it to the board early sucks.