Furthermore, the discard clause fuels the Wererat's threshold ability
Instead, signaling comes in the form of what cards you pass, receive, do not pass, and do not receive from your neighbors
While this hand lacks any drawing power (yet), it is certainly good enough to keep, and hope to draw in to basically any action spell over the course of the next few turns
There's a small delirium hurdle to jump through before casting Ishkanah
Not only is the proliferate keyword tied intrinsically to the Phyrexians, first appearing in Scars of Mirridon, there were counters all over the shop in Standard at the time, from sagas, to brand new counter types like stun and shield
Then during Urzas Destiny , the development team decided that I was too stubborn to ever give up (and they were right) and just let it stay