It can cause chaos and disrupt opponents plans, potentially leaving them open to counterattacks
However, thanks to the magic of mana generation like Black Lotus, it means you can potentially destroy your opponents hand before they even play anything
Theres no one definitive answer
The tutors used transmute to go and find other parts of the combo (Muddle the Mixture would get Blighted Agent or Blazing Shoal, while Tolaria West would get Inkmoth Nexus or Summoners Pact, which in turn got the one of Progenitus), which allowed the deck to reload at the cost of three mana at sorcery speed
(11/8/2024) If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked." (11/8/2024) The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once
That puts you down a land each time, but you have plenty of recursion plus a land drop left