So we decided to cut the cards, that cards about lands being in or going to graveyard for now and focus more on triggering Tatyova and friends
But that uncertainty is part of the appeal: its a very swingy, exciting game where pulling just the right card at just the right time can transform your fortunes
The payoff is okayish, with the third chapter trigger being particularly spicy if you've got Firecat Blitz, but the cost of discarding your hand and the risk of the saga being destroyed before you get to the second chapter is too risky for me
For example, blue decks in Pauper use Thought Scour and Mental Note to power out Tolarian Terror and Cryptic Serpent, while Vintage Dredge decks use cards like Prized Amalgam and Vengevine to flood the board with creatures from the graveyard
There are a few reasons for this, and only one of those is that Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood, one of the new commanders, is a massive damn Axolotl