Ramp threats are capable of ending the game on their own in very few turns
The lead developer of the set, Randy Buehler, came and asked me if I was okay with that change, and I said I was
All of these artifacts are Gamechangers, and gated in Bracket 3 at least by the desire to play at least six turns mentality, so youre unlikely to want (or need) them outside of Optimized or cEDH
Did They Remove Investigate from the Game
Originally, the plan was to put all five basic lands into the set to allow it to be self-containedeverything you needed to play Magic could be found within an Arabian Nights booster (remember this was also important as the back was going to be different)
Sacrifice and Regenerate You cant regenerate a creature to save it from being sacrificed because regenerate can only prevent a creature from being destroyed, not from being put into the graveyard via another way, Suppose my opponent casts [c]Diabolic Edict[/c], which forces me to sacrifice a creature