These are the first 4 cards that I've actively been like "I want to include this if I can" with this set:
Goblin Engineer and Scrapyard Recombiner both look like interesting pieces for a weird artifact value deck. I especially like Engineer since it can grab
Combustible Gearhulk as a reanimator target. I also like the fact that it can create a card-draw loop with
Ichor Wellspring and
Terrarion/
Chromatic Star or something similar. Scrapyard Recombiner is a little bit weaker in that regard. Right now, I only have 4 cards in my new list that it can target, so I would need to add a little bit of support. I think it might be good enough to be a shoe-in in G/W
Hardened Scales decks.
Ranger- Captain of Eos is nice in Orzhov lists in my cube as a means for grabbing one of black's many important one-drops, such as Gravecrawler. I'm not sure I love the "your opponents can't cast non creature spells this turn" clause, just because it might confuse my drafters. I'm not even really sure what it's doing on this card, all I can really think of is hate for Storm and
Ad Nauseum combo decks.
Etchings of the Chosen works really well with the Spirit Tokens in my Orzhov section, and also acts as a sacrifice outlet. I like that you can "reset" it by blinking it.
After War of the Spark, I kind of think that there's enough support for a dedicated U/R superfriends archetype in U/R. This card just reinforces that. It lets you bring in an
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon for a turn and wipe the board, which is pretty nice in my opinion. You can also blink the walker and just keep it in R/W.
When I was 14, I wanted to make a deck to bully all the last-year scouts who all liked to play slow, but degenerate, decks. Instead of building control, I decided that aggro slivers was the way to go. I am so happy that some new guys can join my deck:
I was running a Bant list, so Tempered Sliver is the only one I can immediately insert.
I would actually run
Dregscape Sliver as is if it were a Zombie. That's just wishful thinking though...
Lavabelly Sliver might be good enough to cube with depending on your power level. Being able to stop a planeswalker ultimate for a turn without having to attack seems rather appealing. The body isn't unplayably bad, either.
I just like the art and Flavor Text on this. Those trees are actually
Black Lotuses!