Phyrexian Arena is the only mono-black card Im featuring today, which is itself slowly becoming outclassed by other draw engines across the color pie
Witness the Majesty of Sothera, the Supervoid At the heart of this set's story lies Sothera, a supermassive black hole whose sheer size warps the system around it, both literally and figuratively
A lot of the on-theme finishers (Meloku, Multani, Avenger of Zendikar, Rampaging Baloths, Primeval Titan) are at a high power level, which is great for convincing the power-max crowd to try it but awkward if you're trying to tone things down
Tempo : Tempo decks want to be one step ahead of their opponent at all times by casting better one-for-one cards
Advertisement Per the reminder text, a creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. So, first strike creatures always deal damage before regular creatureseven if they have deathtouch
Average stats won't go a long way but taking out an enemy while gaining 2 lore is maximum effort