It helped to take a tribe that is historically more expensive in terms of mana value and recontextualize them to be a little bit faster
It can help you get out a Malice that is stuck in your graveyard or one that is banished but cant use its own effect to come back again
Well, just as Cats were tied to Equipment, Wizards were tied to instants and sorceries
Lash of the Whip kills many of the things we care about and seems to be a bit underrated currently
While Dimension Sphinx can be situationally useful, there are more versatile trap cards like Mirror Force or Solemn Strike that offer broader protection or disruption, making them better choices for competitive play
Keep in mind that I'm not playing with the OCG playerbase, and that not only will the skill-level, mindset, and card pools differ but so will the banlists