Second, whenever one of those Tentacles dies, you can untap any target kraken and then put a stun counter on any nonland permanent
[mtg_card]Well of Lost Dreams[/mtg_card] fixes that by turning your life gain effects into a way to draw cards
It is not the end of the world to cycle it for one life and one card if you have things you want to dig for and nothing else to spend the mana on and this is pretty much the worst case scenario
Modal lands is pretty much my ideal mechanic
Infect cards have seen a ton of play in various formats, mostly due to how Infect interacts with various creature pump effects
Sure, a lot of decks would want STE over other cards, such as a Landline deck or a Snake deck, but the fact is that STE dominated Standard and our hearts for a while, but it never really stood the test of time