The artist introduced the most iconic features of the character, such as the reptilian tongue, and penciled the Venom Returns arc, which concludes in Amazing Spider-Man #347, whose cover you can now enjoy on the card Infernal Grasp
Having unique abilities for each college will help differentiate the mass of similar-looking wizards, and show players what makes a deck specifically Lorehold or Quandrix instead of just WR or UG
Finally, you can pay five mana to shuffle your library, exile the top card and then play that card for free until the end of your turn
Mana fixing wont help much, since you need six dedicated sources
Additionally, the card has the Team TARDIS ability that allows the player to untap every creature they control that has a counter on it
I rarely ran out of cards, and when I did I usually had three or four major threats already on the battlefield