The average converted mana cost of the 10 shard-aligned Mythics in Shards of Alara was 6.4 far outside the typical range of Standard staples
Unlike its predecessors, though, Fifth Edition also removed many cards that Magic's Design and Development team saw as just a little bit too good, but not quite so powerful as to heavily disrupt tournaments, including Savannah Lions, Serra Angel, Hypnotic Specter, Sengir Vampire, Lightning Bolt, and Swords to Plowshares
When they want to do something right, they can create incredible artworks
I also find Grizzly Fate to be way more interesting than Increasing Devotion as you need to set it up and get rewarded with a really strong spell
But most of these cards dont work in Commander, where you dont have access to a sideboard at all, much less cards that let you fetch from outside of the game