Tevesh Szats ultimate is mostly flavor text, but in the right build, its totally achievable
This dilution has proved the market has matured: the Modern Horizons 3 Eldrazi Titans (/250) command $1,700, while a Niv-Mizzet from Murders at Karlov Manor with the exact same /250 print run sells for only $650
Its risky since you dont know what youll hit, but in a deck filled with flashy rainbow cards, it often pays off big
They needed to thread the needle between making the set theme too evil or too mischievous and eventually settled on a mechanic to maim opponents creatures rather than killing them outright
No Tragic Slip-ing either
Something like having a 5 mana scry for 2 on a land would rarely be activated and thus rarely worth it over the basic land unless it had no drawback at which point it would see play everywhere with no reason not to