Theyve been around since Llanowar Elves all the way back in Alpha , the very first Magic set, and have appeared all over the multiverse across over 600 creature cards
Drawing Leylines is a rough feeling but if youre a GWB Maverick player, you have the added bonus of being able to cast them later in the game
Caring about the mana value of spells is a theme that runs in opposition to traditional Spellslinger strategies that want to chain together cheap, low-cost, and efficient instant and sorcery spells, and consistent token generation gives the deck a more impactful board presence to fend off attacks
While there are other weird things you can do with activated abilities on creatures, the bread and butter of the deck will be cards like Will, Scion of Peace for cost reduction, Beacon of Immortality for big mills, and Sphinx of the Revelation to draw a lot of cards
Cost-reducers like this appear in multiple tribes, but few are as efficient as this or provide additional upside to boot