Four mana to make an opponent discard one card and draw one for you wasnt great
To use an example, imagine playing a deck that wanted to dependably cast Gideon, Ally of Zendikar on the fourth turn
Illusions Illusions The illusions Minn makes get bigger for each other Illusion you control, and so we need ways of either creating tokens, or buffing them up in different ways ready to be popped to cheat out a big, expensive permanent
The result of the exploration led Erik to realize that there was a mechanical tool (double-faced cards) and other mechanical themes (energy, colorless, and Eldrazi) that seemed ripe to play a larger role in the set
Map tokens allow you to pay Ixalan block
Youll see most of the card listings here, you might be keeping high valued cards with you