Having a variety of products lets players engage at whatever level they would like to be it pick up a starter set to get a taste of each ink colors gameplay and style or snag an Illumineers Trove to experience as much of the game as possible," says Miller
The card was rightfully changed from an Exile variant to a rangestrike spell (R&D's codename for the "deal N to target attacking or blocking creature" effect) for two reasons
Flavor Text Fighting Fire with Fire Ineffective, Reports Flammable Wizard Number 67 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Competitive Brawl, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless Banned Formats Brawl, Historic, Legacy Rulings (11/10/2020) If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Mana Drain tries to resolve, Mana Drain doesn't resolve
Both colours give you Evasive characters like Pongo Ol Rascal and Peter Pan Never Landing which can only be Challenged by other Evasive characters which many Starter Decks lack
In most games of Commander, activated abilities on lands and creatures from your opponents are going to pop with regularity
