Even without a voltron player at the table, whens the last time you had a game without Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, Shadowspear, or any of the Sword of cards getting played
The mana fixing option on a Panorama isn't great, since it's functionally two mana to sacrifice the basic land of your choice
Coatings (aqueous, UV, varnish, sometimes laminate) give real MTG cards their shuffle feel and help preserve image quality
First, it retains the extort, which is huge for a strategy to continue gaining life and draining opponents out
I dont know if this was supposed to be a card for Standard and they simply ran out of room there, and I think its an interesting ability to play around with, but to me boxed precons really shouldnt have cards that dont work in the deck they got printed in
But then again, that might be the Hogaak hangover talking