Most popular or even semi-popular creature types have some number of payoffs out there
Peek abilities are nice in aggressive decks because they give you the ability to play around mass-removal effects, and while its awkward that you cant take those cards out of the opponents hand, its solid for being able to provide that information to you
If youre trying to make a return on your investment, youd better hope the new cards hold some serious value
Casting Persecution during your combat damage phase after no blockers were declared can put your opponent in an absolutely awful position, especially if you still have mana up for a backup removal spell
The deck looked interesting because of Rakdoss Return, and I decided to work on it with my good friend Erik Smith, who put most of the testing in
While I can tell you that many more packs of Zendikar were manufactured than of Coldsnap, I cant tell you how big that gap is