But when it does fire off, its among the most backbreaking swings any Ninja can manage, turning an unblocked 1/1 into 10+ mana of creatures on the spot

For all the cards I removed check the list below: Explorers of the Deep Cards Removed View on Archidekt Creatures (14) 1 Benthic BiomancerBenthic Biomancer 1 Coralhelm CommanderCoralhelm Commander 1 Deeproot EliteDeeproot Elite 1 Evolution SageEvolution Sage 1 Kiora's FollowerKiora's Follower 1 Merfolk SkydiverMerfolk Skydiver 1 Merfolk SovereignMerfolk Sovereign 1 Metallic MimicMetallic Mimic 1 Sage of FablesSage of Fables 1 SurgespannerSurgespanner 1 Thassa, God of the SeaThassa, God of the Sea 1 Thieving SkydiverThieving Skydiver 1 Tributary InstructorTributary Instructor 1 Vorel of the Hull CladeVorel of the Hull Clade Enchantments (1) 1 Simic AscendancySimic Ascendancy Instants (1) 1 Ripples of PotentialRipples of Potential Sorceries (1) 1 Bygone MarvelsBygone Marvels Making Waves Making a cut of 14 creatures in a typal deck may seem excessive until you take a look at the deck in its final form: 30 creatures, 10 instants, 6 sorceries, 11 enchantments, and 7 artifacts

It mixes a theme of caring about artifacts with mana value 4 or greater with monarch cards as a subtheme
If cEDH becomes its own format with its own banlist, I think everything thats banned in regular but allowed in cEDH will have quite a spike, but should settle down eventually, albeit at a higher price than when it started