This obviously doesn't hold true in Commander, the singleton nature of which makes variance more potent
Thanks to this guaranteed appearance in packs, its no wonder that many MTG players have been cracking packs like mad
All this means is that Deathrite Shaman will still see play, but as long as WotC is careful not to allow too much in the way of fetchland-style designs in to the format, it wont be the format-warping, colour pie-breaking menace that we remember
And because you have a higher guarantee of getting rare cards from boxes, that can make collecting Japanese cards a better investment
It also buffs any of the tokens it makes, as well as fun food creatures like Gingerbrute
Arcbound Whelp Artificer's Dragon Boulderborn Dragon Chardalyn Dragon Clockwork Dragon Draco Dragon Man, Reformed Robot Fallaji Dragon Engine Furnace Hellkite Henge Guardian Lotus Guardian Moltensteel Dragon Phyrexian Dragon Engine Ramos, Dragon Engine Scion of Draco Steel Hellkite Teeka's Dragon Tek