It is not the price youre paying
Brainstorm Aside from being a generally decent card, you can cheat the fairness on Brainstorm by shuffling away the cards you put back on top, usually with a fetchland
It is meant to allow sparing money on expensive cards from third-party sellers, like any card on the reserved list, in case they dont work for your deck in the way you envisioned them
Wizards of the Coast has said that there are more to come, and if this is what an early look has given us, I know I am excited to see mroe details on the cards that will be featured in this Universes Beyond entry.
A 9-8 split or 10-7 split will still lead to some number of non-games just due to not being able to cast your spells
The first chapter is one of the strongest anthems because your opponents can't remove it and it buffs all the creatures in your deck, and then you get a cheap creature for free