Gaze of Granite

Multicolor Mana Costs

The last cards be printed in a standard legal expansion with lopsided, multicolor mana costs were Advent of the Wurm, Gaze of Granite, and Render Silent, all in Dragon's Maze. Is this something that R&D has made a conscious choice to stop doing? If so, why?

It’s something we only tend to do in two-color multicolor blocks, the last of which was Return to Ravnica block.

Advent of the Wurm Card Printing Colors Dragon Dragon's Maze Game Design Gaze of Granite Mana Render Silent Return to Ravnica Standard Wurm

Mana Cost Mechanics

Is caring about converted mana cost (Pernicious Deed, Gaze of Granite, Abrupt Decay) a B/G thing? If so, how does that fit into the individual color pies of Green or Black? None of the other colors seem to care outside of dedicated "CMC matters"-blocks or the occasional counter like Spell Snare.

All the colors can care but I agree black and green tend to care a little more often.

Abrupt Decay Black Colors Gaze of Granite Golgari (B/G) Green Mana Pernicious Deed Spell Snare

Golgari's Removal Focus

Why is Golgari - a guild that has a heavy focus on creatures - getting spoiled with a large amount of removal and control spells ? Let's see : Abrupt Decay, Drown in Filth, Putrefy and Gaze of Granite, all of these in two sets ! Now, don't get mistaken, I'm quite happy about it and as an avid control player and Golgari fan I'll vastly enjoy my newly created BUG control decks, but why so much permanent removal in golgari colors ?

Golgari likes the graveyard. That includes putting things into the graveyard. : )

Abrupt Decay Colors Creatures Drown in Filth Gaze of Granite Golgari (B/G) Putrefy Spells The Graveyard Two Color

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