


That is, Hinata has literally everything a Commander-only card would normally have, and I only found out that it was Standard-legal when I read an article about how Kamigawa's new legendary creature opened up the possibility to cast Magma Opus for two mana.Īnd after seeing the first results of the new deck, I can't imagine a situation where Hinata, Dawn-Crowned won't define the Metagame and Jeskai Hinata won't become the absolute best Neon Dynasty Standard strategy, with a real possibility to break the format by offering an already very consolidated base the possibility of cheating in mana and taking advantage of a powerful spell, and that in many ways reminds me of Historic's Jeskai Turns, which played Magma Opus with Mizzix's Mastery. During preview season, I was pretty certain that Hinata, Dawn-Crowned was a Commander exclusive card because everything in it indicated that: It was revealed the same day as some Commander exclusive spoilers, it is a creature three-color legendary that doesn't specifically fit a set theme, has a good, evasive body, and its abilities are easy to leverage in multiplayer formats.
