While ramping is necessary for consistently casting spells, drawing cards is necessary to consistently play the game
Meanwhile, your deck has incremental ways to siphon or deal direct damage
For example, if your teammates creatures with lifelink dealt 5 damage, your teammate gained life, not you, and Lone Riders last ability wont trigger
Cards like Essence Channeler and Elenda's Hierophant pair well with this human noble
This expansion outside of Magic, coupled with the copyright-securing and counterfeit-stymying changes to the card face, turned me off the setbefore that autumns Khans of Tarkir hooked me once again with reprints of the allied fetches and splashy, tricolored clans
If analysis is mostly practice and reflection, my planeswalker evaluation skills are fairly well honed