Academy Loremaster and Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart are nice glue cards for draw- and flash strategies. I really like their place on the mana curve, and especially Raff has provides additional support or slower go-wide strategies which I find a little lacking right now. They will replace Gadwick, the Wizened and Glassdust Hulk

Battlewing Mystic, Timely Interference, Fires of Victory and Ghitu Amplifier are a big new drop for my Izzet section. Izzet has the fewest playable hybrid cards, and I really like how each of these off-color kicker costs reads, so this is a big trial for each of them to see if they are a better option over their hybrid counterparts. With the inclusion of Balmor, Battlemage Captain too, the whole Izzet section is getting a makeover.

Twinferno and Phoenix Chick are nice little cards with a very promising low mana value. They will replace Risk Factor and Lightning Phoenix respectively

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