An Ominious Shadow Storm After accidentally unleashing a flood of mixed ink that scattered precious lore throughout the realm, Illumineers are now tasked with finding the lore and returning it to the Hall of Lorcana
This effectively turns your bigger spells into cantrips, since you're replacing the card you just cast with something from your graveyard
On the other hand this update doesn't just have additions to the MTG banlist
Not only is that okay, but that is recommended as having a card with multiple purposes ultimately gives you more flexibility to react to certain scenarios and bring synergy to your decks theme
While I'm not as up to date with the current state of the tabletop game, for many editions The Swarmlord was considered a difficult inclusion in Tyranid armies due to its underwhelming stats, so at least they managed to bring over a hallmark trait into its incarnation in Magic
(Getting a 20/20 one out of twenty games will frustrate just about everyone.) Players are willing to jump through hoops but there is only so much failure they will take before they abandon the mechanic