Its similar to Orcish Bowmasters, where someone clearly wanted to push back against rampant card advantage, but overtuned the answer and produced something that needed to be banned from the format it was created for
I'm less enthused about Hivepool at six mana--it doesn't start pumping out Sliver tokens until turn seven and is disappointingly redundant in multiples
Yes, you need to have a basic land for it to work, but thats not a big ask to take out a creature or planeswalker with little chance your opponent will get it back
Only a single copy will ever be printed, and it'll be hidden away in a specific kind of booster pack
Neither of the two monsters should steal too much focusthe main focus should still be the mountain itself
Like most Magic: The Gathering cards, the value of Storm of Saruman depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)