2012 Sets : Dark Ascension , Avacyn Restored , Magic 2013 , and Return to Ravnica My Pick : Cavern of Souls ( Avacyn Restored ) Dark Ascension hit the monster typal theme a little stronger than Innistrad did
Seventeen lands is about the lowest you'll ever go in a "normal" deck, with 16 being the absolute floor
The Triome cycle is a massive hit in my book and I sure hope it's completed sooner than later
Surging Sparks leans into this trend with SIR versions of Lisia, Jasmine, and Drayton that have all performed well on the secondary market, driven by a combination of character nostalgia, artistic quality, and the collector demand that has made Trainer supporter SIRs one of the hottest segments of the modern market
In standard, Molten Vortex could provide a hedge against flooding out in a mono-red/burn deck where generating value from lands four plus (which are generally dead cards) is pretty appealing, but even so Molten Vortex might not be better than playing another two-powered one-drop creature