Core sets have always revealed more than we need to know about the next Standard environment. As usual, from the cards, we should figure out what's looming across both the core set and the next block.
As for M15, I found graveyard is one of the themes. Souls of 5 planes, Jace's +1 ability, reprint of Satyr Wayfinder, they all utterly signal us to explore grave related themes.
The painlands in M15 along with Mana Confluence reassure us not to worry about aggros/ RDWs: they will not be as fast as today's. Still, easing the pain is an issue future decks need to overcome. I think a direct way to do so is through life gaining. Beside decks using Courser of Kruphix, today's mono black decks with Gray Merchant may have the chance to splash more colors without big troubles on mana damage.
What's more, the solely revealed Khans card, as well as the twitter content from Mr. Rosewater(chief designer of the next block) strongly hints us that the next block is full of tri-color cards, like those from Alara block. Will such a prismatic block be equipped with adequate mana fixing? Or it's only Mana Confluence in the future for the standard multi-color decks? Be honest, I haven't seen any standard in the past was packed with tricolor decks. But I do tend to think there will be a Jund or Naya deck remain active, guess that will bring Mana Confluence to 10+ easily.
As for M15, I found graveyard is one of the themes. Souls of 5 planes, Jace's +1 ability, reprint of Satyr Wayfinder, they all utterly signal us to explore grave related themes.
The painlands in M15 along with Mana Confluence reassure us not to worry about aggros/ RDWs: they will not be as fast as today's. Still, easing the pain is an issue future decks need to overcome. I think a direct way to do so is through life gaining. Beside decks using Courser of Kruphix, today's mono black decks with Gray Merchant may have the chance to splash more colors without big troubles on mana damage.
What's more, the solely revealed Khans card, as well as the twitter content from Mr. Rosewater(chief designer of the next block) strongly hints us that the next block is full of tri-color cards, like those from Alara block. Will such a prismatic block be equipped with adequate mana fixing? Or it's only Mana Confluence in the future for the standard multi-color decks? Be honest, I haven't seen any standard in the past was packed with tricolor decks. But I do tend to think there will be a Jund or Naya deck remain active, guess that will bring Mana Confluence to 10+ easily.
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