Its a more subtle option than a traditional board reset, but in the hands of a skilled player, it provides the consistency and board presence needed to transition into the late game where blue is strongest
Sure, you could build a deck to discard your own cards, but honestly, making your opponent discard is far more fun
The copies have haste meaning they can attack instantly
For newer players, it gave us two new Starter Decks to kick off your journey as an Illumineer
The same problem arises: The best decks use these resources well, so the gameplan disproportionately helps the decks that need the least help to begin with
Its pretty typical for green in most Cubes to feature more expensive spells than the other colors, which means youll want some stuff to do on four mana and some ability to keep attempting to ramp your mana at that point on the curve