This is all completely ignoring the first line of text on Formidable Speaker, too
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This gives us a narrow pool of cards to choose from
(2023-10-13) The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves
Think of it as a mini-Cyclonic Rift: it's asymmetrical if you choose a color permanent that you don't have on the battlefield, it's way cheaper than Rift at only four mana instead of seven, but it's going to bounce less of your opponents' stuff on average
Its a way for decks to consistently find certain cards, most often combo decks, which means that the cheaper and more efficiently a card can perform these actions, the stronger it is as a tutor