Rapid fire post prerelease thoughts:

90% of the time Sanguine Savior was the best card to draw in my GOLGARI deck.

Slightly offput that this crime/detective theme is in ravnica vs new capenna

very impressed by the depth and utility of disguise, going to go HARD on it this update. unfortunately it will be awkward to pair with morph and is a bit parasitic overall if you want to maintain some mystery

set could use better balance on the artifacts, alot less colorless needed because of disguise and the giving archetypes nothing except for a detective-only piece...idk kinda awkward. I hope sanitation automaton is OK

Caverns was the first set after my return to regular drafting, I think I got 4 paper drafts of the set. Great time, really enjoyed a lot of individual synergy cards. Generally has the right power level for me. Would have been more but the holidays took up a large chunk of the set's time. Adding a few of the better performing cards and getting ready for Murders at Karlov Manor

Wow this set has a deep roster of synergy pieces! Overall power level still high so plenty of near best-in-class replacement options too. Not expecting to try out all 50, but this gives me flexibility in the future.

Set feels more og zendikar-d&d world than ixalan. Looks better than any explicit zendikar return. Has some very parasitic mechanics, some extremely evergreen mechanics, and some ?? missing decks (looking at white green).

New Set Time

I'm not particularly thrilled about anything going on here. Role tokens annoy me, adventures are generic, and none of the themes stand out from the fantasy core set pastiche in a way that appeals to me. (I know there are silly food cards. Little too silver-border). There are some fun/interesting cards, overall feels more like a smattering of NON-ELDRAINE planes. Lorwyn meets Ravnica maybe? The mechanics here are completely serviceable. Celebration might have worked 10 years ago but it reads like a non-mechanic in the context of modern card design. I feel like I'm missing half the set. If Eldraine is a (s)cream puff then the puff is stale and the cream was made with water because of the economy.

But the set certainly has playables and here are some ones I'm considering:

I would be thrilled if Break the Spell was good. Unfortunately I think its pretty out of place when my cube has enchantments primary in white/green with overall low mana value/life span (due to sagas).

Hopeful Vigil is exactly where I like my powerful level + synergy axis. Same for hopeless nightmare. They might create a new deck on their own. Also amazing art on nightmare. Tied with shatter the oath

Picklock would be slam dunk if errated to care about ninjas.

Ashiok is a rare planeswalker that I'm curious about. Its got that classic "break the resources" black feel. Ditto on Beseech. Maybe in the vintage slot...

Cut In looks like a FTK for people who like deckbuilding.

Realm-Scorcher might manage to be a fair powered Shivan Dragon

I want Beanstalk Wurm to have more text and Elvish Archivist to have less.

Redtooth Vanguard with Rancor is beatdown in a can

The commander set had nothing I am interested in