The power here lies in the flexibility: This can be used as a surgical removal tool against key creatures in play, a sacrifice outlet for creatures with powerful die triggers, or a means of finishing off opponents by cashing in expensive cards
Compare that to Base Set, where the most powerful attackers werent ever 1HKO-ing each other, and many struggled to even 2HKO, which made games significantly slower to the point where deck-out was a common win-condition
One of the reasons, for example, I've been such a proponent of creating vocabulary for Magic design is so that R&D and the public have a means to talk about certain concepts
If you go off on turn 3, which is the goal for most cascade/suspend decks, thats a tough board for your opponent
Includes multiple new cards inspired by the Protagonists cards
Often haste creatures just get blasted with removal