When many decks are drawing completely dead against a three-drop, that's a strong incentive to find a way to play it or at least sideboard it, even if your deck suffers quite a bit while the card is in play
The pairings this time are Amber and Sapphire and Amethyst and Steel
While thats also an observation about society and social media at large, I think its super relevant to how people approach the format
Repeated resurrection of huge threats like Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Kokusho, the Evening Star, or Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger for a mere 3 mana is simply more than many pods can bear
But here's a mana rock that makes the cut: Midnight Clock is the uncommon case of a colored mana rock that provides ramp to blue, and that if timed properly can put you way ahead on cards