If Conduit of Storms attacks and you transform it into Conduit of Emrakul later in combat, youll add R to your mana pool, not CC and not CCR
Furthermore, its attack does nearly unlimited damage because players can discard any amount of energy to deal 50 damage for each energy discarded from their hand
However, it is more likely to be in the 20,000 to 22,000 range
Casting your second spell each turn lets you goad a creature an opponent controls, forcing them to attack someone other than you
I also hated playing those decks myself, even though I did for a while
You can manage your opponent with things like Bushwhack, Excavation Explosion, Fog of War, and Fade from History, which gives you enough time to stock up on those Powerstone tokens