Aether Revolt is finally here! I’m back this week finishing where I left off with my Aehter Revolt review. If you missed the first half, you can find it here. With that out of the way, lets finish the second half.

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

The first card on the list is Yahenni, Undying Partisan. Yahenni fits into a weird category, not quite aggressive enough for aggro, not quite the body you want for a midrange deck. It does play well with the Stax package and what black does in general (mostly kill things). Being easy to cast and fitting into enough black strategies makes it worth testing. My biggest problem with Yahenni is it isn’t a role player. It’s not a specific effect I want in any particular deck – with the exception of a deep tokens/sacrifice outlet theme. He’s just… fine, having these cards are fine, but generally don’t last long.

Baral’s Expertise

Easily the flashiest of the expertise, Baral’s Expertise leaves a lot to the imagination. Bouncing 3 creatures and leaving behind a Planeswalker is a hard offer to turn down. The biggest draw back to the card is (and this is by no means a complaint) being a sorcery. Cube is typically a fast paced format, making early turns pretty crucial in a lot of match-ups. Not the best against aggro, a dud against control but a dream against midrange make its matchups kinda narrow. In the right environment this card can be quite the blowout. In a non powered environment, this card could easily find a home.

Kari Zev, Skyship Raider / Ragavan

Wow what a 2 drop! Kari Zev is a super efficient 2 drop that can bring the pain real quick. Easy to cast, hard to block, and it brings in an expendable (but adorable) attacker, its hard to find something bad about the card. Looking like a Borderland Marauder on crack, few to no other 2 drops can attack as efficiently as Kari. It even blocks well in a pinch!

Aethersphere Harvester

3/5 flyer for only 3 mana seems like quite the bargain. Attacks well, blocks well, gains lifelink for a couple turns, it seems like all upside. With Kaladesh, I added Smuggler’s Copter, Skysovereign Counsul Flagship and Fleetwheel Cruiser to my cube, Copter being a great addition giving colours like green and red access to a cost efficient flyer and card filtering. Skysovereign and Cruiser however haven’t been as successful. The flaghship still manages to sneak itself into decks every now and then, while Fleetwheel Cruiser comes out of sideboards more then making main deck appearances. Aethersphere Harvester is a little more genereic, but still provides green and red a creature they wouldn’t have had before. I look forward to trying the Harvester out.

Heart of Kiran