Crucible of the Spirit Dragon might seem a little slow, but banking mana over several turns sets up some truly explosive plays, especially when your hand is full of huge, expensive creatures
For ones with three saga steps, you only get one chance to attack with the creature, but some are longer
Dismember is a noteworthy removal spell from the New Phyrexia set, since it can be paid with life instead of black mana to give a creature -5/-5 for the turn
Thematically it makes sense and smoothing out coloured mana requirements is always welcome
Eldraine blew nearly anything else that was released in a previous Standard legal set out of the water and began a new era of Magic defined by its increased power level
The adventure cards often play better than they look, and the themes of the set are very nice