I'm Mike Turian, principal product designer for Magic and lead architect for Kaldheim
Killing artifacts and small creatures, attacking graveyard strategies and gaining life: these are all things that we want to be doing against decks that are going to get under our land destruction plan and steal the initiative
This article barely scratches the surface of what awaits
Burn has always been good but it has been getting steadily better
It was a changing of the guard as the remaining power cards, Dual Lands, Demonic Tutor, Braingeyser, etc, were no longer available
I will be transparent and say that I believe if any of these are ever to return, the most likely one is Jeweled Lotus due to its one-shot nature, iconic feel, and ability to help support high-mana value commanders