Spells like See the Truth or Slip Out the Back really shine when they come with rebound attached
There were a lot of factors: figuring out what people wanted out of a D&D set, how to fit that into competitive play environments, and how to capture the essence of everything on the cards
Each player shuffles his or her hand and graveyard into his or her library, then draws seven cards
Following the same principle, you can adjust your land count based on the number of cost-effective mana-producing creatures in your deck like Llanowar Elves, or cards that help you retrieve lands like Many Partings, which essentially functions as having an extra land in hand
Deathgazer and Dread Specter outright kill any creature that blocks them
Court of Ardenvale Eliana: While not as outright powerful as many other cards on my list, it still can provide a lot of value in the right deck