pile of limited and commander cards + a sprinkle of great reprints to make people want to crack packs
This set so far is a reprint lottery with what I am sure will be a really fun multiplayer experience. Let's keep going.
Archdemon of Paliano: I would hate to have this be my first rare. Quite the handicap in a draft.
Deadly Designs: fun, fun, fun. If I was playing control with next to no creatures, I would play this and then drop all of my mana on it.
Capital Punishment: great for taking the game closer to a finish. Every game with five players needs to have someone play this card.
Garrulous Sycophant: [Monarch Card] If you are not the monarch, it's a vanilla limited creature. If you are the monarch, that's a great effect turn after turn.
Custodi Lich: [Monarch Card] You get to pick who sacrifices a creature. This is a great way to take out something with Hexproof.
Child of Night: limited classic.
Marchesa's Decree: [Monarch Card] Nice small tax against all of your opponents.
Death Wind: needed removal.
Regicide: Do the colors have to be different? If they are, this is creature removal in three colors. That's allright.
Smuggler Captain: Nice tutor. Another note to keep.
Sinuous Villain: Menace is great for multiplayer. Not much else here.
Thorn of the Black Rose: [Monarch Card] Except for the monarch bit, it's just another common creature to get that limited creature count up.
Absorb Vis: Is that 7 mana a miss-print? It can take out an opponent with a low life count.
Avatar of Woe: Old classic. That graveyard count is a lot easier to attain in multi-player. A rare instance where a card that is no longer relevant in a constructed format shines in this format.
Blood-Toll Harpy: another card that is limited jank yet at a table with five players is hitting them all for one.
Altar's Reap: because this is a set geared for limited. I really this card, though.
Diabolic Tutor: I wish this slot had one of the money tutors. It's a nice inclusion, though.
Farbog Boneflinger: it's still a 5 drop... There are so many other uncommons this could have been...
Driver of the Dead: There's a lot of limited jank in this set, much more than in a normal set, even a core set..... I have been stuck doing my review at this card... anyways, yes, limited needs this.
Festergloom: limited needs this
Fleshbag Marauder: a solid card in all formats, especially ones with lots of creatures.
Harvester of Souls: another junk rare in constructed that can be incredible in multi-player. This thing can draw you many cards in a multi-player game. Deathtouch is really a small bonus by comparison.
Guul Draz Specter: after a board wipe, this would be an amazing play. With a bunch of creatures on the board mid-game, not so much.
Infest: Great effect, definitely a high pick if I choose to be in black. You can wipe-out a lot with this in multi-player, especially early in the game. Remember that it applies to your creatures too!
Inquisition of Kozilek: Because the jank is in $4 packs.
Unnerve: really good in multiplayer. That is a lot of discard when you have four opponents.
Keepsake Gorgon: I guess it will be OK in some situations. The target removal is much more useful in other formats. It will be OK with more players.
Stromkirk Patrol: because this is a limited set.
Mausoleum Turnkey: this card requires great graveyard manipulation and this set is not a graveyard-focused set. Still, it should be a fun play.
Phyrexian Arena: great reprint, and a great pull in a sea of not-so-great rare pulls. I would probably try to gain some life somewhere else in my deck. Just like Dark Confidant, this card can kill the person who plays it.
Murder: the set needs it.
Public Execution: the set needs it, maybe.... it's not a miss-print, this thing is a 6 drop uncommon with a small effect.
Raise Dead: Sure, we need one of these.
Shambling Goblin: another missed opportunity to include a better reprint. Maybe it's because I have been stuck playing this in the current Standard.
Sangromancer: This is a really strong card with four opponents.
