Having lifegain as a theme encourages new players to develop potentially bad habits, overvaluing lifegain for longer than they would otherwise
Giving indestructible to all of your permanents (not just your creatures, mind you) is often a game-winning maneuver
If they dont, then whos to say that white decks cant be part of that arms race too
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There exist multiple decks playing Urzas Saga, the most popular being Affinity, Amulet Titan and Hammer Time, and Force of Vigor can regularly destroy two permanents for zero mana in these matchups
This led to enough players thinking their opponent automatically lost the match once the card was played that the wording was altered for the Alpha set