Once they were pushed off (we needed more time to get them rightwe didn't want to release a new card type before it was working perfectly), the development team started looking for cards to fill the holes
There's also Pitiless Plunderer and Morbid Opportunist here which I thought would hint at a Sacrifice subtheme here but nope, there's 1 sac outlet in the entire deck (Shadow, Mysterious Assassin) and like two or three cards that sacrifice themselves (Priest of Fell Rites) so maybe these are either random "hope for value" inclusions or maybe the remnants of a previous version of the deck that focused more on Sacrifice, who knows
When it comes to judging the Commander 2016 decks by the value of their mana, we have a similar scenario to total value, with three decks in the top tier and then another two decks lagging far behind
It also means players cant hold on to answers in hand, which could completely negate combo strategies that require specific pieces
Use any of the typical untap effects available like Thornbite Staff and any sacrifice outlet, or just copy Zealous Conscripts over and over for an infinite number of token copies, ETB triggers, and untaps for Kiki-Jiki
The league instructions are up on the official site with all of the details, but stores have been sent them too.