Its a powerful wheels-based deck that seeks to resolve its commander and other anti-card draw permanents like Underworld Dreams and Spiteful Visions, and to turn ordinary wheel cards into direct damage powerhouses
I believe the number one reason is the games evolution
The article also indicates that nonfoil Shattered Glass is about as common as foil Generation 1 cards, so we get a rough breakdown of 75% nonfoil G1 (6 of 8 packs), 12.5% nonfoil Shattered Glass (1 in 8), 12% foil G1 (again, about 1 in 8) and finally foil Shattered Glass, which will be the 1 in 151 or so that we got from Hidetsugu, less than 1% chance
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If your deck plays a lot of creatures or creature tokens with 1 toughness, however, this card effectively reads: Pay 1 mana: Sacrifice a creature, then draw 2 cards
If you consistently get mana screwed or flooded, then lands are part of your issue