MTG Salvation

Maybe this is a silly/arbitrary questions, but as the title asks, what are the 5 best cards to come out in the last 5 years? You can bump your list up to ten if you cant just choose 5.

In terms of what 'best' is, make the parameters whatever you want it to be. This isn't that serious, Im just having a hard time wrapping my own head around it and I'm interested in seeing what other users think.

Let's just set an arbitrary date/set limit of Amonkhet since it's the last set to come out that has had ample time to play with, and Dark Ascension as the earliest since it was the first set released in 2012. It's not exactly 5 years, oh well.

Arcane Savant, Hymn of the Wilds, Backup Plan, Double Stroke, Power Play.

One way of determining this would be to check the Power Rankings. Here are the cards from the last 5 years that cracked this year's Power Rankings, and the rankings they earned:

WWW

13 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
14 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
18 Monastery Mentor
19 Council's Judgment

UUU

10 Mystic Confluence
11 True-Name Nemesis
12 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
15 Dig Through Time

BBB

8 Toxic Deluge
12 Pack Rat
20 Languish

RRR

4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
10 Goblin Rabblemaster
12 Young Pyromancer
13 Purphoros, God of the Forge
15 Fiery Confluence
16 Daretti, Scrap Savant
18 Chandra, Flamecaller
20 Thundermaw Hellkite

GGG

19 Thragtusk

CCC

13 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land

3 Mana Confluence
17 Paliano, the High City

WUBRG

(Rankings show where they were ranked in their respective guild, Top 5 only)

WU
3 Supreme Verdict
4 Reflector Mage
5 Detention Sphere

UB
2 Baleful Strix
5 Dragonlord Silumgar

RB
1 Kolaghan's Command
2 Rakdos Cackler
3 Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
4 Dreadbore

RG
2 Dragonlord Atarka
5 Xenagos, the Reveler

WG
3 Dryad Militant

WB
4 Shambling Vent
5 Anguished Unmaking

BG
3 Abrupt Decay
4 Deathrite Shaman
5 Hissing Quagmire

UG
2 Lumbering Falls
5 Kiora, Master of the Depths (although I'm pretty sure Nissa, Steward of Elements would beat this now)

UR
1 Dack Fayden
2 Ral Zarek
3 Izzet Charm
4 Wandering Fumarole

WR
3 Boros Charm
5 Needle Spires

No cards from the Overall top 30 came out in the last 5 years.

There are also a few cards that have come out since last year's Rankings that I expect to crack this year's Rankings, like Archangel Avacyn, and maybe Smuggler's Copter.

Here's what would probably be my top 5:

True-Name Nemesis
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Toxic Deluge
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Dack Fayden

Honorable mention going to the enemy manlands.

Thanks Spike Rogue, you're the best

I'm going by favorites, not most powerful.

White: Thalia's Lancers, Thraben Inspector
Blue: Treasure Cruise
Black: Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Whip of Erebos
Red: Thermo-Alchemist (Not the strongest section)
Green: Eidolon of Blossoms, Karametra's Acolyte, Primal Vigor
Multicolor: Enemy Trilands, The Gitrog Monster
Artifact: Filigree Familiar, Chromatic Lantern

Overall, my favorite card from the last five years is Filigree Familiar. I may add a second copy one day. After that, Gray Merchant, then Eidolon of Blossoms, Chromatic Lantern, and Whip of Erebos (for the actual top five).

Dack Fayden, Emrakul, the Promised End, Toxic Deluge, Collected Company and True-Name Nemesis sparked major changes in cube archetypes.
Everything else is borderline.

Voting for only 5 is really hard...

Monastery Mentor, Mystic Confluence, Dig Through Time, Toxic Deluge, Chandra, Torch of Defiance in no particular order?

Not putting TOO much thought into this, but, ignoring conspiracies

Dack Fayden, Mystic Confluence, True name Nemesis, Kologhan's Command, Toxic Deluge