What I had written off as a lame category of stories that I wasn't interested in was, in fact, something far cooler than I'd realized
The game has sped up a lot since Kaalia was printed, and being able to avoid costs by paying life with Bolass Citadel or Marshland Bloodcaster or dramatically reduce costs with Sneak Attack or Quicksilver Amulet helps us keep pace
A lot of sagas have maybe one or two good stages, but with Binding, youre getting some great effects on all three
Once Atraxa hits the field, its enter the battlefield (ETB) effect will make it easy to set up a major play on future turns
I also recently had a cool game in Legacy where my opponent had a Sanctum of Prelate on one and a Thalia, Guardian of Thraben in play, while I had a Dress Down and Swords to Plowshares in hand with five lands in play including a fetchland