Aside from that, it distributes mana to each player, and, as an unexpected receiver of said mana, it can be interesting to find ways to filter that mana into different mana sinks to avoid the inevitable mana burn
The benefit of adding Glorious End to the deck is that you can cast it the turn before Lotus Bloom is about to come off suspend (likely Turn 4), untap, and use the mana from Lotus Bloom to combo off and win the game before dying on the end step
I don't like the Blaze because it is doubly situational, first they need to have a creature and secondly you need to have landfall
This makes matchups like Scam, Murktide, and Jund Saga all much better since youre not really relying on Grist to carry the game
It reminds me of another battle, long past." Sarkhan Vol P/T Number 117 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Standard, Timeless Rulings (9/20/2014) Mardu Warshrieker's raid ability isn't a mana ability even though it adds mana