If you sacrifice Lucius as the cost for Bone Splinters, its trigger happens while your spell is on the stack
The deck does struggle against control unless you get that super sweet curve out
Sure, your opponent gets too as well, but if youre dropping a creature with an exceptionally powerful enter the battlefield trigger, like Atraxa, Grand Unifier, a creature that is practically unstoppable like Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, or an enchantment that gives you free rein to do whatever you like Omniscience, you basically guaranteed a win
While it was the glue that held everything together, I knew it had the potential to make the set hard to learn
Kadena basically guarantees an extra draw each turn and Kausts card draw is contingent on creatures dealing combat damage the same turn they turn face-up