Yeah, I mean, if there were no moxes of any sort, no Sol Rings, Mana Vaults, Grim Monoliths, Strokes, Braingeysers, MoMas, Candelabras, etc. Tolarian Academy wouldn't be so good...
Correctness? But Crystalline Sliver is easily the best sliver there is...
I guess Muscle Sliver or Wing are somewhat close, but Crystalline is still definitely the best.
Jokulhaups and a deck that can empty its hand, or maybe a deck that uses mainly lands as the only permanent, then casts Argmaggedon after the Cheese is out. And there's also Kaevek's Spite, but that is a bit of mana because you have to use both cards during the same main phase (cast Cheese and...
Okay, I guess I do believe it. I mean, it is possible to kill someone with a Walking Sponge. Although why you would pay two mana for a 1/1 with no abilities (okay, so it has an ability, but it's a very pathetic one) instead of the standard one is beyond my understanding.
What's your use for Balduvian Shaman, Train?
Anyway, the Hub thing is called Eon Hub and the bad Ice Age cards I was referring to were cumulative upkeep cards. Of course, there were cumulative upkeep cards in other sets too, but Ice Age comes to mind...
The old white mana symbol did stick around a little after FE though...
Anyway, it would be weird because most people don't have enough cards that old in order to build a good deck. The ones that do would dominate thouroughly...
Well, non-tourney players ARE subject to the rule of four though. It is part of the rules of the game. The banned/restricted lists of the various formats are only applicable in those formats though (although, as Spiderman can attest) many players go out of their way to build decks that adhere to...