It draws you cards and scales with the game (the more mana you have, the more cards it can draw and the larger the creature is)
Truthfully, when I start playing a new format, I tend to look for whether this style of deck is good to determine if Ill enjoy the format
So even if you compare mathematically, the Illustrator should be even more than that, but thats not how it works
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An abundance of removal spells in Constructed, and especially bounce out of the control decks, kept it down in Standard, but probably more than they should have