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While getting rid of basics is rarely optimal, some decks are greedy, and this can help prune named basics like Snow-covered Swamp or Swamp in Field of the Dead decks
With green ramp decks the momentum gain from having them out earlier is very significant
Glistener Elf is basic (and not particularly good outside of 60-card formats), but sometimes thats all you need to have an impact
Whether you go full outlaw and have batches of bad buccaneers, menacing mercenaries, wicked warlocks, assassins with attitude, or roguish Rogues, or in a little more Treasure-filled direction, Olivia will be right in on the action
Tempest became a defining expansion of the late 1990s and remains highly respected for its strong card design and enduring staples