Gilanra helps to minimize the risk by drawing you cards, and Brinelin will bounce problematic nonland permanents to help you control the board
Reducing a spells cost is insanely strong, and you want to exploit that to its fullest
But that might have just been the 90s scumbagpratte marketing scheme
Sandstorm gets a reprint in DMR, so its really a kickback to the old school days, when all you needed for a song was a video of some cool people running down steps with briefcases
There sure seem to be a lot of unplayable creatures, which either means some cards we think are unplayable now are actually very playable, or the value of the set will be in lands, planeswalkers and spells
Plus, the engine isnt necessary for its plan of pure aggression