Leyline of Lightning doesn't do much of anything in the early game (other than add red mana symbols to the battlefield), but in the late game, the Leyline is our primary plan for closing out the game if our opponent chooses to not play creatures in order to fizzle our Repercussion plan
Vadrok, Apex of Thunder We're going to be able to make a heck of a Cat deck when all is said and done
Consistent sizing mattersespecially in a 99-card deckso we focus on clean, repeatable cuts
As everyone quickly realized, turn two is simply too early in the game for such a life-and-death play, so Mana Drain was largely sidelined from the future of Magic
Also, I made that mind wipe ultimate since that's what he does to his teacher, Alhammarret, in Magic story
Brainstorm would be too much, but even if fetchlands were legal, I just do not think it would not have as destructive of an impact as Mana Drain would have