Other e-Reader cards used only the Long format, due to how much information can be stored on it
I have nothing against weighing packs
Evil necromantic skeletons these may be, but the Skeleton Ship is having fun
Laelia will get a +1/+1 counter and if I ever get bored I can pay seven mana, pop my Pyxis and put all permanents exiled with it onto the battlefield
So, I think there are plenty of supporting cards you can fill out a mono-red deck if you want to consider building around Marton Stromgald
The Vision Design team also explored doing other things with the MDFCs in addition to the Gods, but we eventually came to the realization that all the Gods in Kaldheim being MDFCs and all the MDFCs in Kaldheim being Gods (except for the four Pathways to finish the cycle started in Zendikar Rising ) was a perfect match, a "peanut and chocolate moment," if you will