I love being the underdog in EDH, playing around with silly stuff like Salamanders, so I'm honestly a little disappointed this card is as strong as it is
In most cases, the target of Vraska's last loyalty ability will end up with nine poison counters
Some of the cards that are good for your deck, like Sanctum Gargoyle, Executioners Capsule, and the Spellbombs, are good in other decks, so the most likely way to end up in Affinity is to just backdoor into it after picking up a few of these and noticing quality artifacts going late
Its hard to overstate how unbelievable Cycling 1 actually is, but its also very important to note that the other half of the card, the spell half, must still hit a power threshold to warrant inclusion
Without a major tournament circuit to prepare for, the need for physical copies of Pioneer decks is low right now