![]() ![]() If you haven’t picked up the “ Art of Innistrad” book do so, it’s so choice. (Do people still say that anymore? Do I need to say fleek?) The flavor and worldbuilding of this set is up there with anything Wizards has done. Ignore all that story stuff, look at the art. You thought you were trying to be sneaky Emrakul? The story works, but it wasn’t something else that more players wanted. Of course, the mystery of what was going on wasn’t too hard to figure out if you paid attention to the art or what Wizards was trying to do with expanding the multiverse with a continuous storyline of the Gatewatch. ![]() The mana sink mechanic of the block for drafting, there were some fun cards that took advantage of it like Thraben Inspector, Tireless Tracker and Ulvenwald Mysteries. Here we got the most interesting “new” mechanic of the set: Investigate. What we also were treated to was a crime noir where we followed Gumshoe Jace and played Where on the Plane is Avacyn Markov? Is she a Markov? Sure, let’s run with that. All of these returned and people were joyous. In coming back to Innistrad, we knew there were going to be several things: horror, tribal, graveyard based shenanigans and double face cards. You’re batting 1.000 with the women in your life. Everything went back to the way it was and the angel that was assigned to protect the people were now being slaughtered by her? Great job, Sorin. In the follow up to the original visit to the Gothic Horror plane from 20, we went back to see what has happened since Avacyn, um, Restored it. Got it? Good.Ĭan you go home again? I don’t know but Wizards sure tried. Not one set is going to be ranked higher because of a single card’s presence it’s got to be the whole package. Ok, there might be a little Commander bias, but not much. Sure, there’s going to be a design aspect bent to it, but I’m not going to favor a set on its limited environment, Standard viability, Modern impact or if it had the best Commanders. Now, how I’m ranking these sets is going to be different than you’re used to. It could be a set with all new cards, all reprints, or something in between. Anything that was more than just a single product to buy qualified as a set (Like, a From the Vault or Anthology collection could not be considered a set). What follows is a list of the top 5 sets of 2016. ![]()
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