Making all of your creatures replace themselves buries your opponents in card advantage and makes it hard for them to interact with your board
Second, this was during the period where protection stopped being evergreen
This archetype has existed for a long time, but the recent addition of MDFC lands has made it much, much better
(As long as a spell with split second is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Whenever chaos ensues, Lake Silencio deals 6 damage to target creature an opponent controls
The God-Pharaoh's loyalty is limited, but you can increase it ahead of time by showing him just how far you're willing to go to carry out his plans
Thanks to this, MTG Arena is soon going to be getting some seriously powerful cards