Card tags (like Pirate) create strong synergies within your deck, giving you extra strategic advantages
In most use cases, thanks to the treasures you should be getting back from this, youre simplifying the board considerably for between 0-3 mana on average, except that mana goes on layaway until your next turn
You have typical spot removal in cards like Oblivion Ring
If you can proliferate or double triggers, it gets even better, but even at base, its some solid draw
The one-drop has suddenly become a Modern staple thanks to a new Four-Color Elemental deck built around the evoke Elementals from Modern Horizons 2 (which we played for Much Abrew a week ago)
Blue/black is bound to have some artifacts in it thanks to overlapping into white/blues artifact theme and white/blacks artifact sacrifice theme