The issue with burst spells is that you effectively discard a card to gain some life, which doesnt progress your board state
Slither Wing's first attack is mainly used to stall and disrupt the opponent, as it discards the top card of the opponent's deck, which is useful when dealing with cards like Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking that can place specific cards on the top of the deck
Creature - Human Rogue Phyrexian Color tag templates(None) Boundary Lands Ranger At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may discard a card
The big difference here is you dont control any permanents to produce mana or sacrifice at the start of a game, whereas the rules let you start with a full grip of seven cards ready to be spent immediately plus another free one each turn
Natural Order, Rare What makes Natural Order so useful, is that we have a number of ways to speed this up while also giving you bodies to use for its effect