The Shock Lands It feels like a bit of a cop out to end on these, but they will without a doubt be the most important cards in Standard from this set
You can mill your own deck with Brain Freeze to build a storm count before killing out your opponent for the win
It is always huge and offers significant damage output or potentially even some life gain
Its a marriage of two of gamings most beloved fantasy realms, and with absolute legions of fans of both Magic and Final Fantasy to please, it has to hit the highlights and mechanical flavoring of 16 mainline games worth of viable cards
While overall Amber/Emerald wins on more of these categories and could be considered the best Into the Inklands starter deck, we would still give the edge to Ruby/Sapphire and its quite likely that it will be remembered for being the deck with the best staples in it, similar to the Amethyst/Steel deck before it
To the niche and tribal cards from fringe and Commander decks that have been around for what feels like forever: Ryan Pancoasts Master of the Pearl Trident, Eric Fortunes Mulldrifter, and even Jesper Ejsings Fblthp, the Lost