Built around the typical blink deck, energy cards like Architect of the Untamed and Aethertide Whale become perfect energy generators
Its not uncommon for red commanders such as Krenko, Mob Boss to have a stray Goblin Recruiter or Dockside Extortionist around to sacrifice and pay the cost for this spell, but the place where it will shine the most is in partner decks including Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
The set takes the place of this years Core Set, which is always a mish-mash of different mechanics and cards designed to flesh out Standard in a way that allows MTGs designers to step away from the games ongoing story and instead try to print answers to problematic cards from previous sets
This particular Kodama gives you the ability to put multiple permanents into play for free, and thats the kind of thing were very much here for
This artifact has a fun story attached to it, too: Originally, Skullclamp was designed to give a +1/+1 buff, but before seeing print the Magic designers thought that such a buff would make Skullclamp too powerful and they changed it to +1/-1
Still, since those kinds of strategies have always been fringe at best, Im wondering whether Sephiroth might finally push them into real viability or if its just another intriguing piece of an unsolved puzzle
