I am not a huge fan of countermagic locking someone but that happens much less frequently in multiplayer games and in reality, you'll want a healthy amount of countermagic, especially in a deck like this that is very light on removal because it's more fun to steal problem permanents
A fairly simple way you can approach considering this is to contrast how many times you play it for 3 mana and how many times you play it for free
If I draw Revenge of the Hunted as the first card for the turn, Ill be able to pay a single green mana to give Livaan a whopping +12/+6
So, as tempting as it is, know what products you want to buy and stick to it
Just how high that price will be remains to be seen
His works are so visually distinct because theyre actually photographs of sculptures he made, which gives the art a variety of amber tones that I absolutely adore