If the rider was hit by a Lightning Bolt, so was the Carpet
Look through your library and find two basic lands, reveal them, and put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other in your hand
That can lead to some interesting surprises, because popular cards like Maze of Ith or Eater of the Death are considered true Uncommons of the set, which probably would nowadays be Rare
The big downside to this is that you dont get to play either of the potent delve spells mentioned earlier in this article since theyre so hard to cast with a Fires of Invention on the battlefield, but the upside is that you get to attack from multiple degenerate angles at once such that your opponent isnt going to set you back that far by just holding open interaction for your combo
As weak as Masques block was compared to most others (especially coming off the heels of Urza block and its combos), cards like Reverent Silence and Calming Verse show its worth looking at every card, even in poorly perceived sets, as there can still be some real gems among the chaff