We lean on artifacts to shore us up and to flesh out our decks
While Hedron Crab and Faithless Looting were certainly an upgrade compared to Magus of the Bazaar and friends, they are nothing compared to Insolent Neonate
Maelstrom Wanderer Like Animar, Soul of Elements, WotC hit the nail on the head when they designed Maelstrom Wanderer
It was released in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and illustrated by Antonio Jos Manzanedo
So basically instead of paying the command tax with mana you pay it with life, which is a huge upgrade since mana is a significant bottleneck to casting all the spells you want each turn and paying life is not just way easier to do in this deck but can actually be an advantage, as I'll cover later on
You can steal any spell on the stackcreatures, artifacts, planewalkers, or whatever is best