Based around scrying and casting high value instants and sorceries, Elminster's static ability reduces the mana cost of the next instant or sorcery you would cast by the number of cards you looked at the last time you scried
Champion of the Perished is an exceptionally good 1-drop like Champion of the Parish before it
While Rielle is a 0/3 for three mana, it gets +1/+0 for each instant and sorcery in its controller's graveyard, meaning it can become a deadly offensive threat over the course of a game
I thought Commander players would prefer to run shiny Ugins in their decks (back then, I assumed Ugins eternal play demand foils- would solely come from the Commander crowd)
The Grim land is a colorless tapper, arrives untapped, and can trade four mana plus tapping itself into a sacrifice and card draw
The focus of Magic 2010 was on resonance, and typal themes are very resonant