Selective Adaptation looks really good for
Rayami, First Of The Fallen. It's RNG, sure, but payoff could be nice.
Xyris, The Writhering Storm looks cool. I still think the sultai partners are at the top of my list, but Xyris comes pretty close.
The Locust God reprint seems fair. It can go right into Xyris to double down on the token strategy via card draw. I just wish it had new art, but I do have a Masterpiece one so I doubt new art would replace that for me.
I know we haven't seen the full set, but curious at a quick glance what people think.
For Ukkima & Cazur, would you go a more dedicated voltron route? Or look to sprinkle in auras (like Alpha Status) and equipment (like Stoneforge Masterwork) and take it into a wolf token strategy? I guess the voltron style would consistently buff Ukkima with guaranteed stats versus trying to keep a bunch of wolf tokens around, but the token strat would leave blockers behind so you can swing Ukkima without a care.
Kind of creating a short list for both ideas and seeing what looks better while I wait for more spoilers (and something that might make me drop everything to brainstorm about it instead).
Or copy Ukkima with things like Blade of Selves and Rite of Replication. Even better when you play in a group bigger than 4. Throw in Vela the Night Clad for extra damage.
Hmm. I guess a strategy involving constantly cloning Ukkima and letting the copies die could be a third option.
I guess a fourth option is bouncing/flickering Ukkima. Damn, so many options that it could be easy to lose focus on what to do if trying to add all in.