A Bitterblossom in your upkeep, an Elspeth, Storm Slayer activation in your main phase, an Alandra, Sky Dreamer somewhere in there, and you have more cards than your opponents with very little effort
Between enter the battlefield effects, triggered abilities, and other synergies, it's often the case that playing a creature provides an opponent with much more value than just the creature's board presence
Black leans more toward trickery and artifice and deception, along with blue, whereas red leans more toward guilelessness and being genuine, along with green
Maybe I care about it more than most other players, but I dont really like to see sci-fi-looking characters in my fantasy games
Chandra, Torch of Defiance Chandra, Torch of Defiance is very similar to Outpost Siege