I don't hate it but it's one of the less interesting new Slivers, I can see jamming it just to add monarch to your tables
The earlier Gaeas Cradle comes into play, the more mana it yields: on turn 1, itll produce 1 mana, but starting from turn 2, its value scales depending on how quickly you can flood the field, and by turn three, youre looking at an income of maybe four mana or higher
Izzet Lutri | IKO Standard | Abe Sargent Companion (1) 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser Creatures (10) 1 Bonecrusher Giant 1 Brazen Borrower 1 Crackling Drake 1 Fae of Wishes 1 God-Eternal Kefnet 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun 1 Pteramander 1 Rielle, the Everwise 1 Sprite Dragon 1 Voracious Greatshark Planeswalkers (3) 1 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno 1 Ral, Storm Conduit Instants (14) 1 Anticipate 1 Chemister's Insight 1 Expansion // Explosion 1 Fire Prophecy 1 Flame Spill 1 Ionize 1 Negate 1 Neutralize 1 Opt 1 Scorching Dragonfire 1 Shock 1 Sinister Sabotage 1 Tale's End 1 Thassa's Intervention Sorceries (5) 1 Bond of Insight 1 Callous Dismissal 1 Invade the City 1 Light Up the Stage 1 Purphoros's Intervention Enchantments (2) 1 Omen of the Forge 1 Omen of the Sea Lands (26) 9 Island 9 Mountain 4 Evolving Wilds 4 Temple of Epiphany That's just one quick example of a way to build a Standard deck with one of the worst in the cycle in Standard
So, weve all got a new mechanic to play with in Magic: The Gathering now thanks to the introduction of blood tokens
Dispeller's Capsule: Useful in some circumstances
