The first one allows the player to Ink a card from their hand on play and therefore it acts as a single use Fishbone Quill for a cost of 2
With a cost of four ink, you can have this amethyst Sisu with three strength and willpower
Compared to Ceremonious Rejection, Stroke covers the TitanShift matchup and comes in against Storm and the various Cryptic Command decks, but it doesnt do anything against Affinity
2 Castle of Aaargh (Dark Depths) A land that strikes fear into opponents hearts as soon as it enters the field
Generally speaking, playing this style of deck usually means youre sacrificing some amount of power for consistency, and drawing too many of your payoff cards or too many of your ramp cards leads to lopsided games because you didnt really get to play Magic
Being able to prevent damage to your creatures is good, and its even better when your commander has mana sinks built into them