[11] When old mechanics were revisited in the Time Spiral block, banding was left out for this same reason
But don't worry if you're the one flying solothe one player has a special deck of twisted schemes at their disposal
Once we had Priest of Titania creatures, it seemed natural to have Priest of Titania spells: (Wirewood Pride, for example was called "Giant Growth of Titania" in design.) The one-shot spells then led to permanents that trigger a tribal effect: Its interesting to note that Elvish Guidance got created because we wanted to find some way to get the Priest of Titanias effect into the set
Bant (green/white/blue) is the best color for drawing cards, and Deep Clue Sea takes advantage of the various support cards released over the years
Having more than one way to win can make your deck more reliable (that is my opinion, it may not be true)
Being a Maro-Sorcerer (well, technically Demon Spirit), it can get buffed up by Necropotence in order to be a big sweeper