This is becoming a tradition for me, eh? There's bound to be good cards in every set. Post your Top 10 Cards lists for Core Set 2020 here! I'll post mine for Top 10 Cards New To Modern:
Mystic Forge: While it's yet another restrictive Future Sight effect, it is the easiest one to cast yet, and several decks in Modern have enough artifact and/or colourless nonland cards to make this card good.
Fry: Never underestimate the humble sideboard card. This one uncounterably kills quite a lot of Modern's most annoying creatures and planeswalkers.
Elvish Reclaimer: While maybe not fast enough to completely cripple Gx Tron, this is a 1-drop that demands removal or your card quality goes up significantly. It gets fat surprisingly quickly to boot (although you'd likely need to tutor at least once with this guy before it gets any pump).
Spectral Sailor: This is a good, CA-making 1-drop option for Spirits decks.
Empyrean Eagle: Because Spirits can never have enough evasive lords.
Chandra, Acolyte of Flame: Midrange decks tend to have plenty of spells for her to cast, protecting her is easier than you might think, and she can increase your clock if she has nothing else to do.
Leyline of Abundance: OK, the Turn 2 kill and infinite green mana with this, Freed From the Real, and the right 1-cmc mana dork is significantly less consistent than you'd think, even with the London mulligan. But the mana dorks that combo with this don't suck, and the added speed might finally give Green Ramp decks the edge they need to really break into the higher tiers.
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim: Given this scout's ability to tutor for Cascading Cataracts, activating its ability is much easier than you'd otherwise think in a ramp deck. It can also tutor for Blast Zone instead if there's a Stony Silence effect on the battlefield.
Goblin Ringleader: This card will make Midrange Goblins at least an option in Modern.
Colossus Hammer: While less synergistic with other good cards than Leyline of Abundance is, someone is going to try to generate Turn 2 kills with this in Modern.
1. Starfield Mystic - Amazing art, Theros themed, enchantment support in White, exactly what I love!
2. Octoprophet - You know how I am about sea monsters
3. Brought Back - Love the art, and the effect adds resilience to White and works with Planeswalkers to assist my Jaces
4. Sephara, Sky's Blade - Legendary Angel for my Angel tribal deck, and it's a neat one too with great art
5. Angel of Vitality - Lower CMC angel that is excellent for EDH with a lot of Lyra syngergy
6. Leyline of Anticipation - Much needed reprint
7. Flood of Tears - I admire the theme and using it to clear the board and drop Omniscience
8. Drawn of Dreams - I like the art and effect, although I do wish it had been an Instant
9. Lotus Field - John Avon Land art, Lotus themed land, first instance of Hexproof on a Land, and overall great card
10. Risen Reef - There's something I want to do with this. Master of Waves? Hmm.
Honorable Mention: Apostle of Purifying Light - This card... very interesting for EDH manipulation. It's on my radar.
for standard
1 Angel of Vitality If lifegain deck will be a thing again this angel will be part of it.
2 Cavalier of Dawn too much value on a single card, the die trigger does not have much target but being able to pick a kaya's oath for the potential removal for the elephant seems fine.
3 Cavalier of Gales with kefnet in the mix and being able to pick any god i think this guy has a fair chance.
4 Cavalier of Night creature removal and reanimator of small creatures? looks good maybe not good enought but has a fair chance.
5 Chandra, Awakened Inferno A nice sideboard card vs control.
6 Corpse Knight Another Aristocrat in BW with Judith a WBR deck looks ok.
7 Flood of Tears Could see ppl chaining this with Kefnet, anyway it is a way to set up the board and if any target for its free put in play comes then this card can probably become the go card to cheat fat permanents (also with litle teferi it is garanteed to work).
8 Knight of the Ebon Legion Nice drop 1 for black and also a mana sink lategame.
9 Lightning Stormkin For as long as wizard's lightning is in standard i hope we see wizard agroo doing well.
10 Vivien, Arkbow Ranger Looks like a fair card but it is busted against other fair midrange/agro matchs.
for commander
1 Agent of Treachery brago and other blink commanders will like it.
2 Atemsis, All-Seeing a new commander and probably a win condition for somedecks.
3 Bag of Holding just another utility/card advantage artifact.
4 Bishop of Wings gonna be in alot of angel tribal decks i guess, and can alow for some recycling tokens.
5 Drawn from Dreams good tutor for combos.
6 Mystic Forge a card for those colorless decks.
7 Icon of Ancestry tribal decks like those effects.
8 Lotus Field if the other similar cards have spiked and found a home then this will to.
9 Scheming Symmetry cheap tutor that also helps with politics? yep gonna see play.
10 Yarok, the Desecrated a new commander with one efect from one of the favorites cards of the format, ye probably this will be a popular commander
for modern
1 Brought Back can see this with eternal witness and another piece allowing a combo, reminds me of the eggs combo deck but seccond sunrise is way better.
2 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame she comes 1 turn later than litle jace but doesn't need to survive one turn to get into the good effect, also can put some presure with the tokens.
3 Fry good sideboard card is good.
4 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim can see it being somewhat good and powerfull in a more slow modern format.
5 Elvish Reclaimer instant speed Bojuka bog? maybe a litle slow but could be good as adtional piece of hate and potentially a good enable for some strategies.
6 Leyline of Abundance can alow for some really fast starts and this is a bit scary.
7 Colossus Hammer people will try the new combo, and the sran decks could have a "go to face plan"...
8 Kykar, Wind's Fury could fit (or almost) in storm and Jeskai Ascendancy decks.
9 Legion's End ok sideboard card against fair matchs.
10 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord just putting it here because of the potential free creature you can get, don't think it is the best card in this list and probably should not be on the list (if i had a Oathbreaker or Braw list then he would have made more sense).
honorable mentions that i don't want to fit into any of those lists in particular (omnath into standard and commander tho):
Turn 3: Nissa, 3/3 land and still 3 Mana to spend.
Turn 4: win
1. Starfield Mystic - Amazing art, Theros themed, enchantment support in White, exactly what I love!
2. Octoprophet - You know how I am about sea monsters
3. Brought Back - Love the art, and the effect adds resilience to White and works with Planeswalkers to assist my Jaces
4. Sephara, Sky's Blade - Legendary Angel for my Angel tribal deck, and it's a neat one too with great art
5. Angel of Vitality - Lower CMC angel that is excellent for EDH with a lot of Lyra syngergy
6. Leyline of Anticipation - Much needed reprint
7. Flood of Tears - I admire the theme and using it to clear the board and drop Omniscience
8. Drawn of Dreams - I like the art and effect, although I do wish it had been an Instant
9. Lotus Field - John Avon Land art, Lotus themed land, first instance of Hexproof on a Land, and overall great card
10. Risen Reef - There's something I want to do with this. Master of Waves? Hmm.
Honorable Mention: Apostle of Purifying Light - This card... very interesting for EDH manipulation. It's on my radar.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
for standard
1 Angel of Vitality If lifegain deck will be a thing again this angel will be part of it.
2 Cavalier of Dawn too much value on a single card, the die trigger does not have much target but being able to pick a kaya's oath for the potential removal for the elephant seems fine.
3 Cavalier of Gales with kefnet in the mix and being able to pick any god i think this guy has a fair chance.
4 Cavalier of Night creature removal and reanimator of small creatures? looks good maybe not good enought but has a fair chance.
5 Chandra, Awakened Inferno A nice sideboard card vs control.
6 Corpse Knight Another Aristocrat in BW with Judith a WBR deck looks ok.
7 Flood of Tears Could see ppl chaining this with Kefnet, anyway it is a way to set up the board and if any target for its free put in play comes then this card can probably become the go card to cheat fat permanents (also with litle teferi it is garanteed to work).
8 Knight of the Ebon Legion Nice drop 1 for black and also a mana sink lategame.
9 Lightning Stormkin For as long as wizard's lightning is in standard i hope we see wizard agroo doing well.
10 Vivien, Arkbow Ranger Looks like a fair card but it is busted against other fair midrange/agro matchs.
for commander
1 Agent of Treachery brago and other blink commanders will like it.
2 Atemsis, All-Seeing a new commander and probably a win condition for somedecks.
3 Bag of Holding just another utility/card advantage artifact.
4 Bishop of Wings gonna be in alot of angel tribal decks i guess, and can alow for some recycling tokens.
5 Drawn from Dreams good tutor for combos.
6 Mystic Forge a card for those colorless decks.
7 Icon of Ancestry tribal decks like those effects.
8 Lotus Field if the other similar cards have spiked and found a home then this will to.
9 Scheming Symmetry cheap tutor that also helps with politics? yep gonna see play.
10 Yarok, the Desecrated a new commander with one efect from one of the favorites cards of the format, ye probably this will be a popular commander
for modern
1 Brought Back can see this with eternal witness and another piece allowing a combo, reminds me of the eggs combo deck but seccond sunrise is way better.
2 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame she comes 1 turn later than litle jace but doesn't need to survive one turn to get into the good effect, also can put some presure with the tokens.
3 Fry good sideboard card is good.
4 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim can see it being somewhat good and powerfull in a more slow modern format.
5 Elvish Reclaimer instant speed Bojuka bog? maybe a litle slow but could be good as adtional piece of hate and potentially a good enable for some strategies.
6 Leyline of Abundance can alow for some really fast starts and this is a bit scary.
7 Colossus Hammer people will try the new combo, and the sran decks could have a "go to face plan"...
8 Kykar, Wind's Fury could fit (or almost) in storm and Jeskai Ascendancy decks.
9 Legion's End ok sideboard card against fair matchs.
10 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord just putting it here because of the potential free creature you can get, don't think it is the best card in this list and probably should not be on the list (if i had a Oathbreaker or Braw list then he would have made more sense).
honorable mentions that i don't want to fit into any of those lists in particular (omnath into standard and commander tho):