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Every turn you have a possibility of losing a life and drawing a card, and later in the game you can punish them really hard for not having cards in hand at all

Or Kraum can be a finisher in a U/R controlling deck

There was a little bit of a communication breakdown and a good chunk of the design team missed that Snapcaster Mage was intended to have flash until near the end of testing

Probably also Long List of the Ents, which someone is also gonna try to make work in Hardened Scales

As far as the rest of the mana base goes, it's just a mix of cheap lands that add your commanders colors plus EDH-staple utility lands like Reliquary Tower and Temple of the False God

Sometimes the artwork on the serialized cards is found on non-serialized versions, but most new serialized cards get their own artwork or frame to increase the specialness of the card, which seems like a great move