Pinnacle Emissary gave Historic Affinity decks a boost, and having a card that can answer artifacts and clean up tokens is nice
This toughness-heavy creature lowers the casting cost of creatures with higher toughness than power , meaning you can build an extremely defensive creature deck and get your creatures on the battlefield much sooner
three-mana spells often come along too late
Manga art cards like Vilis, Broker Of Blood and Evereth, Viceroy Of Plunder provide impressive gameplay mechanics
If nothing else, it's clear that WotC is trying to open the door for some amount of discussions following the outpouring of vitriol toward this product over the week
For example, Tatyova, Steward of Tides has the ability "Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, if you control seven or more lands, [effect]." If you choose that ability, it will go on the stack regardless of how many lands you control