Paying an entire turn's worth of mana to unlock a single attack just isn't a viable option for most decks
Read More: The best Strixhaven cards for Modern 2 Spike Feeder Now, in most lists about life gain Commander cards, this might not rate so high, but given that the new Witherbloom commander, Willowdusk, Essence Seer, lets you put +1/+1 counters on a Creature equal to the amount of life youve gained or lost in your turn, Spike Feeder is suddenly very powerful
The blue/black Time Spiralled dual of the cycle is gross and has a far too unreliable trigger to be interesting for cube play and the Graven Cairns cycle has been printed and does rank 7th currently
Ponyta/Rapidash is a personal favorite given that Rapidash only needs one Energy to attack
Even better if you have a Crucible of Worlds lying around
The purpose of this list is to establish cards that scale well across different power levels and generally lead to good gameplay across a wide range of play environments