The Great Henge, Embercleave, and The Circle of Loyalty struck me as the most played members of the cycle
The bright colors, yet cloudy sky work well with this card that features flying, trample, and the ward ability
(I wait, as Richard looks it up on his iPhone.) Richard: Yeah, draw seven
When you have such a deck then Upheaval is one of the most game ending and unrecoverable things that you can be doing, bouncing everything is a lot more brutal when you have no lands left to play the things again with either
Her stat line is not quite as good, but she is a little cheaper coming in at a six if you do not use her Shift ability
Blue has all the good cheap card quality stuff normally and so access to that kind of thing outside of blue is a big deal