Between Ponder, Brainstorm, and Gitaxian Probe, it isnt hard to find one- and two-ofs in the deck in the matchups where theyre important, but the precision of the deck requires a minimization of dead draws in the deckbuilding process
I know they pushed Affinity for Artifacts over the edge, but I believe there could have been a way to solve the problem without losing these lands
Doubling experience counters may seem good at first glance, until you see things like Thopter SquadronThopter Squadron in play with AzlaskAzlask and realize that you don't really need any help getting ludicrous amounts of experience
I cant think of a card I hate seeing more than Academy Manufactor, and its not uncommon for decks to generate serious advantage in the midgame by leveraging tokens
As for functionality, its got some very helpful abilities