Nasty in aggro, going wide, tokens and more
Be creative with what you have to achieve more with less
JAY: Green BENNIE: Green (no surprise, right?) SHANE: Blue TEJAI: White NIC: Green/Blue TEJAI: White/Green (I was a little surprised when TeJai became our fourth green mage) SHANE: Blue/Black BENNIE: Green/Black (Golgari for Life!) JAY: Green/White/Blue (Bant) BENNIE: Green/Black/Red (Jund) SHANE: Blue/Black/White (Esper) TEJAI: White/Green/Red (Naya) NIC: Green/Blue/Red (Temur) Sheldons group had a rule that there could be no more than three people sharing a color, but we decided not to enforce that and ended up with four green mages
You can still play the money-conscious Goblin Pirate in Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker
(Even if Mark Rosewater recently disputed the claim that Universes Beyond is primarily targeted at new players.) During the Final Fantasy set prerelease event, I played next to a guy who said he had sold his older brother's old cards to pay for a Final Fantasy play booster box and a Commander precon
The dynamic art by Ayaki Yoshida is wonderful to look at even if the card doesn't have much use in competitive play