With a limitation of only one or two ink types in a single playable deck, players must look within each type to find the best cards for their decks
You may have also spotted that outside of the Commander decks, alternate art treatments, and the Through the Ages showcase reprints (which give classic Magic: The Gathering cards reprints with Final Fantasy artwork and names), every character only gets one card
Play cheap sorcery mass removal and a bit more instant spot removal instead of trying to play Rout
There have been many rumblings about bringing it back, though, with thoughts that cards like Golos, Tireless Pilgrim could have been banned as a commander instead of just removed from the format
I know its a vibrant piece, but I couldnt imagine it was still there
In most limited formats, Blue is the color with the most evasion creatures