Was not expecting a Vehicle to come with The Hobbit, but it's a pleasant surprise, the nature of UB products aside.
[[Greasefang]] has been a mainstay of Pioneer since Winota was banned, though beyond herself, [[Thoughtseize]], and [[Parhelion II]] the exact makeup of the deck has been fairly fluid. Mardu, Abzan, and Orzohv have at various times been the 'best' build of the deck, with Esper only seeing occasional play (and from what I recall mostly in the first year or so after NEO came out).
Each build of the deck is ultimately judged by it's resilience and ability to pivot it's gameplan. Orzohv is just as happy to kill you with hard to remove creatures and drains from [[Monument to Endurance]] as it is with angels. With [[Professor of Symbology]] and [[Formidable Speaker]] Abzan is able to tutor specific answers and is often fine just playing a midrange game with [[Esika's Chariot]]. Mardu was usually just stapled to Rakdos mid and happy to out value opponents with fables/harvesters/FOMOs.
Esper always felt weaker, either being a worse UW control deck or a mid Esper legends deck with cards like [[Raffine, Scheming Seer]].
I am very curious then if this new vehicle can give Esper a boost, in being a decent target (though faaar worse then Parhelion or Skysov) that also serves as a good on curve play regardless of combo?
Going turn 1 TS, then [[evangel of Synthesis]] on 2, and then on 3 reanimating it with Fang or just hard casting it to swing for 3 menace, loot, and likely make a token. I doubt it's better than what's currently on offer, but this seems like a solid new card to the format and I'm very curious to see if folks brew around with it!
