Although they arent pirates, they certainly tie-in with the seafaring theme of the set, and show that the Azurite Sea isnt just about piratry its about great adventures on the wide open seas
Theres nothing quite like the feeling of cracking open a fresh pack of Magic cards
Nimbus Maze is generally too weak to play in multiples with any non-typed land, but as such has the best odds
With all the shocklands available and the density of multicolored creatures, theres no shortage of way to take this card
Its just so rare that the white member of a rare cycle is the strongest effect, but in Standard this super-reanimator sorcery arguably has Invoke Despair beaten
However a few do have "practical" uses - here are some examples: The particular card you reference, Garruk the Slayer, was created for the Magic 2015 prerelease and is used in a variant where one player plays normally and the other plays as Garruk