Artifacts have been a major theme of both The Brothers' War as well as Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty , but aside from the aforementioned Grixis Ramp deck, most of the artifact synergy hasn't really come to fruition yet
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If we first look at Standard, we can see there are plenty of spells players want to cast that cost five or more, especially Leyline Binding (which never really costs five), and the enchantment side of Virtue of Persistence
Izzet Affinity (6.1% of the Winner's Metagame) 4 Fiery Islet 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Urza's Saga 4 Kappa Cannoneer 4 Pinnacle Emissary 4 Engineered Explosives 4 Mishra's Bauble 4 Mox Opal 4 Weapons Manufacturing 3 Sink into Stupor 3 Tormod's Crypt 3 Metallic Rebuke 3 Claws of Gix 2 Emry, Lurker of the Loch 2 Arcbound Ravager 1 Island 1 Shadowspear 1 Steam Vents 1 Pithing Needle 1 Welding Jar 1 Aether Spellbomb 1 Skateboard 1 Shivan Reef 3 Damping Sphere 2 Whipflare 2 Galvanic Blast 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Consign to Memory 1 Grafdigger's Cage 1 Force of Negation 1 Vexing Bauble 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch As the name implies, Izzet Affinity thrives on artifact synergies, quickly enabling metalcraft for explosive starts
That said he is not all that exciting, the +1/+1 buff is no way near as good as something like a Crusade as it is harder to put to good use and easier to remove from play for three and not two mana
Each Aura and Equipment attached to a permanent that's phasing out also phases out
