Were also allowed to play cards such as Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, and Mana Vault, which make paying the otherwise hefty three generic mana part of the five mana value cost much more trivial than it would be otherwise
Faeburrow Elder can generate a mana for each color among permanents you control, doing a solid impression of Bloom Tender despite requiring an additional white mana to put on the battlefield
For Clerics and Rogues, however, this seems like a very nice option indeed
Darkblast wasnt always a good card, but sometimes it was better than a random card off the top
Pinnacle Starcage is really here just to stem the bleeding against those kinds of decks, however it has a lot of other relevancy in the current format
Designed specifically for brawl or EDH it gets you one mana of any colour in your commander's colour identity