In the hands of a savvy player, the deck can be quite successful against other starters
The infect strategy, while not having direct support since Phyrexia: All Will Be One, has still been improved thanks to additional cards that care about counters
Remember, Hymn to Tourach was legal at this time, and while it was eventually restricted and then later banned in Standard, it was never the force in powered formats that Mind Twist was
Chaos: Whenever you roll Chaos, The Boilands deals X damage to each player, where X is equal to the number of lands that player controls
The risk comes when your opponent picks them off and gets the first go on the extra mana while having a deck with serious game winning top end
Balzer Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp