Whenever a permanent phases out, it is no longer affected by anything going on in the game
It sees the return of modal double-faced cards, which means more flexibility when building a deck, too
We could do a nutty Simic token/Food/Treasure build with Jaheira, Friend of the ForestJaheira, Friend of the Forest
"Magic: The Gathering" thus became the name of the entire game instead of "The Gathering" only being the subtitle referring to the first release
You can then keep making land drops and hold up Power Sink, and have Braingeyser to really get ahead on cards in a few turns
As mentioned previously, partners of any sort aren't actually that popular, and I'm not sure exactly why