Peter Adkison of Wizards of the Coast expressed interest in a fast-playing game with minimal equipment, something that would be popular at a game convention
When R&D was working on the Sixth Edition rule change, I brought up to Bill Rose (the current vice president of R&D, who was the head designer at the time, and was the one mainly responsible for overseeing the Sixth Edition rules) that the "tapped artifacts shut off" rule was confusing, non-intuitive, and constantly causing problems
The only drawback to its use in Standard is that it's a pricey card, costing five mana
Use a paper cutter, a straight edge, and a sharp blade to cut out the cards carefully
This means that Lonis provides the option to gradually draw several additional cards over the course of a game when needed, or you can use all of your treasures at once for a single high-impact payoff by stealing one of your opponent's most powerful permanents