Abrade Abrade is an unassuming card whose power lies in the flexibility it offers
Almost every Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer deck plays the two-mana sorcery alongside it, as the more mana you can create, the better Iteration is as it is not being forced to take lands from it/having the mana to be able to cast any card you hit makes Iteration closer to a two-mana spell that draws two of the top three cards, which is utterly broken
However, if there's at least one legal target, you must choose one, even if it's a creature you don't want to phase out
Thousand-Eyes Restrict Thousand-Eyes Restrict is an Instant Fusion target and tends to be used in decks that play second, as its effect allows you to "steal" 1 enemy Monster by equipping it to it as an Equip Spell
The encounter cards themselves lack variety until much later into the heist too, which civilian cards may have broken up a bit
They just trade, even through menace