The former could hit cards like Birthing Pod, Cryptic Command and Splinter Twin all of which were important, but the latter was better versus Burn and Zoo, and also back then manabases were a lot more painful as decks were more reliant on Shocklands, which meant a turn one Thoughtseize commonly saw you at 15 life from the get-go
Since Skrelv costs only a single mana, youre able to get this down early and start backing up your more important creatures with its second ability
Have you gotten burned by the phenomenon before?
7 Ukkima, Stalking Shadow A Whale Of A Wolf Relationships are a tough act to balance, as evidenced by just how much Ukkima, Stalking Shadow carries their partnership with Cazur, Ruthless Stalker
I bought a full Japanese NM set for like 30 bucks once I found out they existed a couple of years ago