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I think its role as a finisher is that cycling mode.

An incredibly dumb idea for an archetype: Defy Gravity Plummet

Yeah, that's like... adding a new layer to the tech tree? I think it'd properly be power creep if you could trivially refine netherite from iron (or whatever).

If you wanted to power creep Minecraft, you could do it by adding things to the game that are strictly better versions of old things. For example, maybe torches made with oak are suddenly twice as bright, or they add a new way to get iron that involves just picking it up off the ground. But even...

Thanks for going through the trouble! Reading through, I'm not sure if the Zynga example really fits, since it's not a design slip. If WOTC sent someone to your house and they threw away all of your cards, I wouldn't call that power creep ;). I did have a thought about your "Magic is...

My counterargument (which ain't great) is that the observable difference between "we started printing 3/3s for {1}{G} in our sets" and Oko/Uro is that the latter are much greater outliers. If I want to use cards printed after "monogreen Watchwolf" is printed in my cube, I'm going to have to...

That's valid, but I don't think solely looking at cost vs. power as a one-variable thing is particularly useful. But now we're getting into my disagreements with how EC (and other venues) define "power creep" ;) . I'm also not sure that "high-power mistakes irrevocably creep the average power...

The part I'm arguing against isn't that power creep is somehow inevitable, it's the feeling that Zynga-style "burn everything in one go"-style "power creep" is inevitable. Because it really isn't, and it gives people with predatory business practices way more leeway than they deserve. If I...

Normal power creep is a slow process. It's a side effect of the fact that only a small-ish subset of your provided options are actually usable, so the designers have to aim slightly above the average if they want people to use their designs. Over time, this pushes the average upwards — it's like...

I honestly don't think we can blame this on normal power creep. The problem here is that FIRE design lines up distressingly well with "print GRBS", because the consistent meme in Magic design is that "fun is a zero-sum game". No, fuck that. You can't think that way when you're the designer...

Of those two, I prefer the Zombie. Some other cards to maybe look at: Aethersnipe Atemsis, All-Seeing Commence the Endgame Jetting Glasskite Shimmer Dragon

OK, so this is my final pile...

Varolz, the Scar-Striped Shelldock Isle EDIT: On a similar note to Varolz, why not care about the number and quality of the cards in your graveyard? Hallowed Spiritkeeper Kytheon's Tactics Rise from the Tides Mausoleum Secrets Nighthowler Corpse Augur Bedlam Reveler Exquisite Firecraft...

Oh, if we're going for self-sufficient Zombie tribal... Havengul Runebinder Liliana's Devotee

Clearly you need to run Garbage Twin™! Aura of Dominion Priest of Urabrask Felhide Spiritbinder

So, does anyone think that an UR top-deck manipulation archetype has legs in an environment like Afternoon Delight? Magma Jet Scour All Possibilities Burning Prophet Skill Borrower Flamespeaker Adept Dream Cache Tuskeri Firewalker

There's actually a fun little gold curve in Simic for this theme: Coiling Oracle Thrasios, Triton Hero Shardless Agent Rashmi, Eternities Crafter Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty Momir Vig, Simic Visionary Nissa, Steward of Elements

Wort, the Raidmother Wort here can serve as a signal for spell-slinging in Red and Green, and lets you use Goblins to copy your red spells. It's not strictly speaking a tribal card, but you can tutor it up with Goblin Matron and that ability synergizes really well with spells that make Goblin...