Its ability, Voltaic Float, is helpfulif Zapdos is charged up with any Lightning Energy, it can zip away without any retreat cost
Another interesting thing happened during the Odyssey block: the entire Creative team left
The main downside comes from the floor: Loot does nothing without a bunch of other permanents in play and gets a nice, fat target painted on its head whenever you cast it
We all know that over time almost all planeswalker provide real or effective card advantage and will ultimately dominate the game
The deck starts by casting a number of efficiently-costed creatures with strong abilities including Essence Channeler (flying, vigilance, +1/+1 counters), Darkstar Augur (offspring, flying, card draw), Starscape Cleric (offspring, flying, drain), Moonrise cleric (life gain)
These aren't anything new at all