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Originally Posted by bgordon
This new set looks pretty underpowered. Here's pretty much the entire list of cards clearly good enough for standard:
New Planar Cleansing
Supreme Will
Abrade
Hour of Devestation
Nimble Obstructionist
The green grab two lands spell is a maybe. I kinda like the one sided humility as a one of in some sideboards. Torment of Hellfire might be good in some Cryptolith Rite big mana deck. Nicol Bolas has a chance but he's so much worse than blue gearhulk so I doubt he gets played much
Can they just ban the entire Kaladesh block?
I think the colored desert cycle is great. All but blue look standard playables. I think the blue and black "God's last..." are decent. Abandoned Sarcophagus/Hollow One should make completely new deck viable/improve new horizons. PW's Defeat cycle is def playable.
Also liking these and expect most to see some standard play:
Adorned Pouncer
Champion of Wits
Earthshaker Khenra
Scavenger Grounds (It does make gearhulk quite awkward, especially since you often need the gearhulk to find the next draw spell. So once you take the first batch, there won't be good targets in a long time.)
Ramunap Excavator
Grind // Dust
Hostile Desert
Strategic Planning
Vizier of the Anointed
Banewhip Punisher
Doomfall
Razaketh's Rite
Claim // Fame (modern)
Consign // Oblivion
Farm // Market
Appeal // Authority (this is actually pretty sweet effect, both sides can guarantee alpha strike on their own)
Countervailing Winds
Striped Riverwinder
Unsummon
Beneath the Sands
Resilient Khenra
Traveler's Amulet (Maybe critical mass of 1-cost cards for improvise)