Playing Scriptures on Turn 4 means that your opponent cant add a creature to the board on their following turn lest it be wiped away, and then on the next turn (after the wipe happens), you have mana up to counter any of their plays
This might just be because it's difficult to build a cascade-themed deck, especially without some of the expensive big-hitters like Rashmi, Eternities Crafter and Maelstrom Wanderer (which were likely too new and too expensive for Commander 2016 ), but the end result is a deck that is vaguely cascade-ish but not a good cascade deck by any stretch
Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield
Well be drawing a decent amount of cards, but if its a 1:1 replacement, were still going to run out of steam
She also provides a way to sacrifice your creatures to draw cards and gain life
Booster boxes included sixty packs, which is pretty wild by todays standards