Why is this a thing? It pidgeonholes you into only playing energy cards and creates no synergy with other sets, only those in Kaladesh and Aether Revolt.
How would you have done energy instead?
>>54254127
You can make more energy counters with Proliferate, right? It's not as bad as Arcane cards, which are completely dependent on using more cards from a single block
>>54254127
Most things that spend energy give or make energy tho. Without other cards it becomes charge counters that you can spend on anything. It's not parasitic as Arcane
>>54254127
I think a better question is what would YOU have done instead? Considering your complaints, I figure you have an alternative.
>>54254340A 6th mana type.
>>542543867th
>>54254127
>creates no synergy with other sets, only those in Kaladesh and Aether Revolt.
Only because they haven't had a chance to. They've learned their lesson from Kamigawa, though. "Energy" is generic enough to shoehorn into any plane, so it could be used again.