I originally had included Phyrexian Arena for card advantage but swapped them for Phyrexian Rager as extra bodies for Cabal Therapy and Rancor
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
These cards are legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage
A mix of interaction and flash creatures gives you all the control, and you have more options over how you use your mana than youd have if you need to choose between tapping out for a 2-mana creature or holding up Counterspell
Gixian Puppeteer and Gurgling Anointer care about the second card you draw each turn, and they also provide some measure of reanimation for dead creatures, such as any Nazgl that have met an untimely end
