With energy and these other high-powered cases, you have a mechanic which blurs those lines and smooths out a lot of the potential variance between draws
Artist Matt Cavotta Set 9ED - Ninth Edition Number 108 Language English printings (3) view 9ED #108 8ED #109 MM #112 Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless
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In addition to forcing each player to skip their discard phase, Anvil of Bagardan grants each player an additional draw at the beginning of their draw phase, but then they must choose and discard a card from their hand, offering those playing with graveyard shenanigans the free discard outlet they would have gotten at the end of the turn but now just at the beginning, meaning they could take advantage of it during their respective turns
Having one of them be too broken, especially in a Limited setting, could completely ruin the game before it even starts
Lastly, the Our Humble Home ability this card has plays well into this decks general theme of using your discard as an extension of your resources