I want to shift away from gameplay for a moment and draw your attention to an aspect of Magic that has provided yet another unique experience for our formats players
Unless you get to disrupt equipping or something you are only getting +1 mana tempo value from Smother at best
You get to Scry 1 every turn, which is a powerful effect, and because you will be in Green, you will be casting creatures all the time
It gets removed from combat just like Kor Haven, and then you'll draw equal to the number of tapped dorks that just swung at you that could be loads
Kokusho did, however, get banned as a commander until the category went away
TLA/TLE is full of lessons, and a simple curve of Fire Nation Cadets into Iroh's Demonstration lets you chain together spells very early in the game