It was largely unpopular and soon scrapped, with the following cards banned across all formats: Amulet of Quoz Bronze Tablet Contract from Below Darkpact Demonic Attorney Jewelled Bird Rebirth Tempest Efreet Timmerian Fiends The MTG banlist also includes a number of cards that have been deemed racially or culturally insensitive
Drover of the Mighty isnt the craziest payoff or anything, but it is nice to have more sources of red without needing more red lands
You might as well play Raven's Crime over this if you want a turn one play
Cori-Steel Cutter and Vivi Ornitier, to mention the two most infamous cases, got crushed by the banhammer to keep Izzet at bay but I think you can make a very strong argument that Stormchaser's Talent and its bunch of buffed otters is the real Izzet MVP
Although this deck could be sorted into both Brackets One or Two, I would lean towards declaring it a Bracket Two deck when you sit down to play with other players
Its abilities ensure youll get rewards from playing tons of lands in your deck, which simultaneously makes it easier to recover from any mass land destruction spells
