There are a lot of cards released in Lost Origin alongside Giratina that are able to take advantage of the lost zone, and this deck plays pretty much all of those cards
Wizards also hinted at more potential changes to come, including some pretty impactful bans, and the addition of another bracket
Thing in the Ice is a great example of that
Our goal is to eventually have several of these creatures on the battlefield, which lets us mill six, nine, or even 12 cards each turn
Commander pre-cons are a much better value toward building a playable collection, and even if they want to buy booster packs, Set Boosters and Collector Boosters contain a lot of cards that arent legal in Standard, such that even if a player were trying to play Standard by buying packs of the appropriate set, they still couldnt just build a deck out of cards they own and know that they could bring it to a Standard tournament, they have to know exactly what to look for to figure out which cards are legal