most people wipe the board in main phase 2, after all
You can follow along with me using the Kess, Dissident Mage deck I built HERE
Wizards had come up with exile, then return effects (a.k.a
Ultimates matter very little as they are so rarely used, returning to Elspeth who is one of the best walkers in Magic yet has one of the worst ultimates paints this picture well
But this is a mechanically identical reprint, so after you remove all the ice counters from The Boy in the Iceberg, you don't create a friendly little pacifist called Aang: you create a 20/20 flying indestructible token creature called Marit Lage
Some decks can be built around the cascade mechanic, as there are ways like Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder to give expensive spells (like the ones with landcycling) cascade