Because the set was announced so early and I was still in the thick of working on it as people learned about it, I had the unique opportunity to hear about what people wanted while we could get it into the set
That means they can't challenge him with two characters to banish him because he would ready himself after he takes damage from the first challenge
Based on this card alone, this could be a deck that focuses heavily on interaction with the graveyard to discard and recall lands, but more realistically, it is likely that the deck will be set up to pull mana from sources other than just lands to allow for the discarding of lands without it impacting the deck too negatively
Well, Gitaxian Probe enters the conversation, and the good Brainstorm decks can make better use of that one, but all the same this is quite the company to keep
The first is strong as you are tossing on two abilities and likely a counter onto a dork, and the next is a drain ability if you have a Vampire you want to give up for the cause of killing a dork or finish off a planeswalker you just attacked into
