Some of the cards that are good for your deck, like Sanctum Gargoyle, Executioners Capsule, and the Spellbombs, are good in other decks, so the most likely way to end up in Affinity is to just backdoor into it after picking up a few of these and noticing quality artifacts going late
If youre saving mana by casting one of these spells for free, thats another spell towards your storm count to get a bigger Empty the Warrens, Grapeshot, or Tendrils of Agony
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With this much Singleton-breaking in service of the learn mechanic (which increases consistency), the experience was starting to feel too repetitive and needed a total rework
All of this is just preamble to Richard's design
I personally like this card more because its eventually easier to get rid of if youre losing too much life or you dont want to grant your opponents extra cards each turn