This allows you to reveal ten cards from the top of your library
The ability to ignore black mana and instead use your life as a resource means that you can grant Krrik shadow via Dauthi Embrace for only 4 life, cast and attack with Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon for three mana and 6 life, while also casting your Whip of Erebos, Phyrexian Arena, and Grey Merchant of Asphodel in rapid succession
Cards with flashback that may not have been dominant at the tournament table were very strong elsewhere, such as Grizzly Fate, which could singlehandedly make an army to kill folks, and then you could flash it back if it were answered
Instead, as we saw last weekend at the SCG Open, the top decks are still Mono-Red Aggro, Simic Nexus, and Esper Control / Midrange
As a LONG-time player of Magic, Im not sure how I feel about a Universes Beyond set being Standard legal