The answer to this is that you can't get boxed in by flavor when doing top-down design
These are all definitely worth opening from a booster pack now and throughout the set's time in Standard
Maybe I could have said something else then scamming but to go on this lane is worthless bullshit
If a player were to get lucky enough to get Zacian V out, look at their deck (only the top 3 cards), and hope for a Steel Energy and somehow get all three for his attack, it's pretty much over
That efficiency lets it dodge some of the best removal spells in the format, including Lightning Bolt and Snuff Out, while it forces opponents to deal with a massive threat much earlier than they expect
If you control something like Meria, Scholar of Antiquity or Bolas's Citadel, theres plenty of value to putting another rectangle in play