At first glance, Oblation seems like a very bad trade-off, since ramping your opponent by two lands just gives them a too big advantage
The preview confirms this is WotCs plan, teasing that youll have to wait to see how we handled the other half. The idea of having such famous dungeons and lairs as Castle Greyhawk or the Tomb of Horrors as their own Magic cards is just too exciting for R&D to not have them in this set
Just like a ton of TCGs from the same era, such as Pokmon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, vintage Magic: The Gathering cards are simply unbeatable when it comes to collectability especially when the original artists get involved
Youre more likely to have a good curve and a good mix of lands and spells, and if you have color intensive planeswalkers, like Liliana of the Veil or most four-mana planeswalkers, itll be a little easier to cast them
Torment of Hailfire was the main card i wanted to play in this deck
Some draft archetypes go wide with Rat tokens or the Fairie creature type, which often have low-power creatures in them