The History of Gates in MTG The gate subtype debuted with Return to Ravnica (RTR) in 2012
Now let turn to the best of the set for kitchen tables, specifically multiplayer formats like Commander and such
If this play-before-prerelease feels familiar, thats because the exact same stunt happened during Tarkir: Dragonstorm , when Ornate Imitations began spewing neon-fresh dragonlords a week ahead of schedule: Source: Reddit And players had already noted that Fear of Change could do something similar back in October last year: Source: Reddit In fact, as soon as this week's Arena Announcement said that the FF cards were going to be patched a week before launch, players were already getting their Ornate decks ready
The only downside to playing a counters-based deck is that its especially susceptible to board wipes
Goblin Warchief, Goblin Piledriver, and Goblin Ringleader all combined to make a deck that ran on hasty creatures that all built off each other
Counter Intelligence/World Shaper - Edge of Eternities OK, Im cheating a little here, but both Edge of Eternities decks were great