As for the best of the new creatures, O'aka, Traveling Merchant turns your excess counters into carddraw, and Maester Seymour grows creatures of your choice as you grow him
Pairing this ability with a very good max speed is the icing on the cake for a very interesting Azorius commander revolving around artifacts and crazy amounts of value generated by doubling them
You might get some breaking news cards, just be on the lookout for criminal activity from the assassins, mercenaries, pirates, rogues, or warlocks
With enormous potential for powerful combos and the ability to manipulate both your own hand of cards and the options available to your opponents, Amethyst and Steel is the best Rise of the Floodborn starter deck for those players after something that builds more slowly towards massive game-winning turns
With free sacrifice outlets lying around you cant target it with exile effects