And don't base it on cards; just base it around abilities (like Exalted, Unearth, etc.) and how that Shard would generally act in a "Shard war".
I would personally say either Grixis or Bant. Grixis because they can reuse their army, and Bant because they can set up amazing defenses.
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Grixis was the strongest, due to Controls decks built around Cruel Ultimatum
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haha agree with arix AGAIN, lol design failure, the set was awful, non of the mechanic are particularly good outside ofn limited. having said that in a shard war bant or esper. technology vs military might.
bant is the only shard with a standing army, but esper has robots. hmmm
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Being a dragon fanatic, Jund has to be my personal favourite.
That said, I think Alara as a whole was a huge design failure and hope it won't be repeated any time soon (which is a shame, because I really liked the idea behind it).