13 damage to each creature for as little as a single red mana is incredible, and can kill almost everything in any situation
I cant round out the section on green without mentioning one of the Background Commanders likely to see a lot of play
Creature types like Dog, Dryad, Mercenary, Kraken, Barbarian, Dinosaur, Goat, and Illusion saw their debut in this set, either naturally or via errata
Gameplay example : turn three/4 set a Max on board, Shift 4 into Chart Topper, next turn quest, recur Stand Out (3-ink) to give a key attacker +3 Strength and Evasive for the turn, then push lore safely
Think about this in affinity shells where you can sac high-cost affinity creatures for tons of cards, many of which also have affinity
Its two activated abilities put counters on the board and give you a consistent source of proliferate effects