(Its really more of a numbers game than anything else.) Theres a very palpable charm in the collecting and battling process
Fittingly, it was Teferi, Master of Time which really announced phasings full arrival, with cards like Guardian of Faith, March of Swirling Mist, Slip Out the Back and Clever Concealment soon to follow
Format familiarity matters less than having people to sit across from
In decks that can produce enough chaff dorks to realistically flip Westvale Abbey from turn six I find it to be better than things like Mishra's Factory
Shabraz creates a simple two-card combo with Marina Vendrell's GrimoireMarina Vendrell's Grimoire and Drogskol ReaverDrogskol Reaver, allowing you to easily draw your library and put some +1/+1 counters on Shabraz
Slivers tend to be small, so our Annihilator Slivers will likely die when they attack