It provides reliable removal, protection, and control tools, often supported by stable mana bases and the best dual lands in MTG
When Doom Blade fails you it is usually rather more livable
If a spell has multiple targets, you can't target it with Hydroelectric Specimen's ability, even if only one of those targets is a creature or all but one of those targets have become illegal
Now, one of your opponents can decide which one of those cards you get to keep, but if your deck boasts some redundancy, it will always be a win-win for you, right
Something else new to this set is Mutagen Tokens , which read as the following: "1 (Mana), Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on a target creature
The term originally meant something like being clever, crafty, wily, skillful, cunning, tricky, even rogueish or sly