Its honestly a blue players dream: plenty of counterspells, lots of card draw per turn cycle As the pace-setter, everybody immediately looks to you for permission whenever trying to cast something big
They shared custody of a few cards, but black vise was removed from Vintage's list (it was only there because of Standard), while recall and feldon's cane were removed from Standard's list (no power 9 to abuse!)
With a hefty price tag of over $40, it turns out that tacking the effects of Waste Not onto a 4/4 creature for is going to make for an expensive card no matter what the artwork or card frame looks like
Merfolk Raiders Merfolk Raiders wouldnt be too bad of a card without phasing, but there are better islandwalk cards to invest in that stick around each turn
Most of your average Evasive characters have a lower Strength stat, so without boosting their Strength somehow (Amethyst using Merlin - Crab on an Evasive character in the same color), you'll be scrambling to get him off the field
Its also quite effective with cards like Ramunap Excavator, since it bins itself for reuse
