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Idea - Good take on common Godly invincibility. Landcycling might be useful if you don’t want the body, if divine lands would be useful also in the late-game. Otherwise you have a low cost card which you should always be able to play, but also a way of finding lands costing more even though you could play instead. But that depends on the further support around Gods and divine lands that would be in the set. In a vacuum it’s hard to judge.



elchetibo - Quite boring I feel, and not it’s not falling within current design sensibilities due to landwalk. Also, it feels more likely this would be combo material than something someone would want to play for itself. It does give two islands back for literal counterplay, so that’s on point. Though, I also feel like I’m being more negative than needed, as it isn’t a bad card in any sense.



sdfkjgh - One whole Avatar in common, which is actually a downshifted rare. This card could still be quite a bomb in the right deck (and/or against the right deck). That’s what makes me less convinced this is less a common though. It’s quite restrictive in when it is good, so when drafting, you might not want to see it that often (thus in a common slot). It think the effect itself is pretty cool though.



vizionarius - A common hydra, with a reasonably common feeling. It becomes less strong the more it fights, eventually just being a bear. The counters are quite solid with the colors, and it is open to players making choices of what counters to remove. Personally dislike the mixing of counters, but hey, Ikoria happened, so with keyword counters it’s allowed according to modern philosophies.



viriss - That’s a very solid sphinx design, and absolutely something I could see being printed. Its effect is super cute and flavorful in combination with the rest of the flavortext and the name. Cost vs effects + body feels proper too.



Jartis - Clever, using the universes beyond Necrons, as there are very little common cards in universes beyond decks to start with. Its effect is flavorful, and makes it a nice aristocrat piece. It only happening once and going back into your hand (after which you can’t immediately cast it again) makes it properly balanced. Really like this one.



So, winner of these now not so rare creatures: viriss is number 1!

Second is Jartis and third vizionarius