We have permanents, green instants, green sorceries, triggers, and activated abilities all in green, the color that hates artifacts the most
This makes senseaggressive mechanics push the game towards a conclusion, whereas defensive ones like Banding, Absorb, Reach forestall the games end
At the time, the Rules Team was pitching the idea that all face down creatures would be vanilla (meaning having no abilities) 1/1 colorless creatures
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It also increases the likelihood of them connecting thanks to its second ability, which can dole out Deathtouch at the cost of three mana
Its about showing your opponents just how big nature can be and how fast it can over take them