Its always nice to have responses, so that when someone goes I cast Wrath of God you can respond with I sacrifice all my creatures to Altar of Dementia and mill myself by 37
Holofoil Modern sets often include reverse holos, where the image is matte and the rest of the card is foil
Importantly, because "Meteonis Drytron" can Ritual Summon any Ritual Monster (not just "Drytron" monsters), the archetype can be used as an engine to easily Ritual Summon almost all Ritual Monsters in the game
Millions of people have spent countless hours collecting cards to either add them to their collection or turn a profit, and now a whole new set of cards are about to become very sought-after
The life gain drawback becomes negligible in multiplayer formats where games last longer and life totals matter less than board control
You're still welcome to play the older way when you play the older product, but I would overall suggest not using the schemes and playing the new shared life going forward