This is the epitome of a powerful warp card, because you can either FlickerFlicker it, draw a card and put some big haymaker onto the battlefield for free, or you might want to repeat the same process but add to your land count instead, thus making sure your next go will cheat out the huge permanent you couldn't earlier
Some ultra powerful rares make the games unbalanced, but this set grows well and has some sticky cards that continue to pop up in great decklists
For example, Mount Olympus could power up Hercules characters
After all, players hate variance and luck in their competitive games, and so dice were relegated to a niche, casual, second plane
Brand new cards are introduced, a few favorites return and the Standard tournament environment is invigorated with fresh ideas for decks
The flip side of this hydra commander is where this gets fun