However, Liliana, the Last Hope pairs perfectly with Grim Flayer in this situation by shrinking the Sylvan Advocate
It was legal in Standard at the same time as Humility, which created a rulings headache for anyone that didnt want games to come to a screeching, laborious halt
Defensively the Caryatid is more effective and reliable than the 0/4 walls without hexproof
I could see some players objecting to the volume of board wipes in Bracket 2, but you can easily amend that by trimming one or two of them for extra card draw or ramp as suits you
Mark Rosewater will delve more into why we didn't use some other past mechanics
With a few obvious exceptions, like The Soul Stone and Multiversal Passage, very few cards from the set have made a meaningful impact anywhere