Pokemon Go developer Niantic got in trouble over recently for trying to push the game back to pre-pandemic changes, with boycotts over the game by players for removing several of the more useful changes, so hopefully Live wont fall into the same trap.
Many of your options can only hit other creatures, such as Flametongue Kavu
With both of its abilities synergizing excellently with each other, there's very little room for improvement for a 3-mana creature like Vivi Ornitier
This makes storm cards especially dangerous in combo decks, where players cast many cheap spells to build up a huge storm count and win the game in a single turn
One mana is a steal, however, as shown by cards like Blasphemous Act
I would say typically, although the matchup IMO is still favoured in 2023, Outland Liberator would be nice to have in the MD for this matchup to control how wide they can go with Exploration