The cards are exciting, the idea for the Illumineers Quest was innovative and appealing to a broad range of players/collectors, and extra touch went into this sets Trove to make it ultra themed to the set
Plus it sounds way cooler
You never really end up with a deck, as much as a collection of removal spells, a dash of evasion creatures, a trick or two, and some ground-pounders
You wont like getting attacked by Sleeper Agent, and dropping this on turn 1 really annoys someone, but the right turn for politics to start is turn 1, so get to it
Hapatra's Snake Factory Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons | Illustration by Tyler Jacobson Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creatures (33) Ammit Eternal Arbor Elf Birds of Paradise Blood Artist Boreal Druid Carnifex Demon Channeler Initiate Chatterfang, Squirrel General Craterhoof Behemoth Deathrite Shaman Devoted Druid Dusk Urchins Elves of Deep Shadow Elvish Mystic Evolution Sage Fyndhorn Elves Fynn, the Fangbearer Generous Patron Hooded Blightfang Ivy Lane Denizen Llanowar Elves Midnight Banshee Necroskitter Obelisk Spider Ohran Frostfang Sakura-Tribe Elder Seedborn Muse Seshiro the Anointed Skinrender Soul Snuffers Toski, Bearer of Secrets Wickerbough Elder Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Instants (4) Beast Within Grim Affliction Nature's Claim Second Harvest Sorceries (8) Black Sun's Zenith Cultivate Farseek Kodama's Reach Persist Reanimate Shamanic Revelation Torment of Hailfire Enchantments (9) Animate Dead Beastmaster Ascension Blowfly Infestation Crumbling Ashes Cryptolith Rite Flourishing Defenses Growing Rites of Itlimoc Nest of Scarabs Sylvan Library Artifacts (10) Arcane Signet Ashnod's Altar Golgari Signet Lightning Greaves Phyrexian Altar Skullclamp Talisman of Resilience Throne of the God-Pharaoh Viridian Longbow Whispersilk Cloak Lands (34) Access Tunnel Blooming Marsh Command Tower Darkbore Pathway Deathcap Glade Exotic Orchard Forest x8 Grasping Dunes Grim Backwoods Ifnir Deadlands Karn's Bastion Llanowar Wastes Nesting Grounds Overgrown Tomb Phyrexian Tower Rogue's Passage Swamp x8 Tainted Wood Twilight Mire Woodland Cemetery Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons gives you a theme that you almost never see supported: -1/-1 counters
