Maybe the rest of the cycle will be better, but if theyre all on this level then lightning will not be striking twice
Non-removal, defensive strategies have never been a major theme for most players
Lets say youre a green deck with Emerald Medallion in hand but theres a Selesnya player at the table
The body on Tireless Tracker is also very relevant, giving it multiple angles to attack your opponents
Rakdos Midrange 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Blightstep Pathway 4 Blood Crypt 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker 4 Fatal Push 4 Thoughtseize 4 Archfiend of the Dross 3 Graveyard Trespasser 3 Haunted Ridge 2 Duress 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant 2 Swamp 2 Go for the Throat 2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Mountain 1 Den of the Bugbear 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire 1 Castle Locthwain 1 Kolaghan's Command 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 1 Bitter Triumph 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Damping Sphere 2 Hidetsugu Consumes All 2 Extinction Event 1 Duress 1 Reckoner Bankbuster 1 The Meathook Massacre 1 Path of Peril 1 Go Blank While the combo of Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord and Vein Ripper no longer available, the core of the midrange strategy remains
Blue Borders: On older sets there was a layer of cyan ink printed on the borders prior to the black borders in order to get a darker black