At one point when I was lamenting the woes of being a green mage with a friend of mine, he pointed out there were black cards that brought back creatures from the graveyard, and no matter whether they got there by being countered or killed, I could get them back
In THIS deck, its essentially extra offspring, and feeds a number of other effects in the deck
See the singles buying guide Confirm the 29/110 set number and the Legendary Collection layout
2023-11-03 Players still get priority while a spell with split second is on the stack
The draw power from these cards is generous, especially for a pre-con, and it allows you to really dig to the cards you want to see every game
Normally you'd get a dopey 1/1 for the colors or even a 0 powered something, like Utopia Tree