This turns the deck more from a sacrificing and destroying-focused amass strategy into a spellslinging one, with Saruman amassing every time you cast a noncreature spell
They have all the best-in-class removal and many of the strongest creatures in the format
A harder to cast mana leak, even with exile upside, isn't that good in Limited
Artisan presents an epic threat with annihilator and brings back an additional creature to diversify your board
Phil Foglio) illustrated both of these artworks, and the dude that gets punched by that Alf-looking elephant-man in Free-for-All gets punched all the way to the card art for the White card I'm Rubber, You're Glue
Ramp, what green gets instead of removal, is all well and good but it tended to just exacerbate your other pre existing weaknesses