It generally doesn't matter what you hit assuming you have no total duds to hit like counterspells in your deck, you will get a good deal of what you want because your deck will be doing a thing
Your opponent does get a creature while you are spending mana and potentially taking a turn to do nothing to your board, which is rarely a good thing, having a steady stream of Soldier tokens flooding the board can cause a lot of chaos in a game
None of us know how we will be remembered, nor do we have much control over it
For Kaldheim it was Vikings, for Adventures in the Forgotten Realms it was the Dungeons, and for Midnight Hunt it is werewolves
Drannith Magistrate Drannith Magistrate is such a 'feels bad' card that a lot of people will condemn you for playing it
The more mana you have, the more spells you can play during a turn cycle to prevent threats from hitting the table, taking them off the battlefield, or simply stealing them for yourself