With access to Abzan colors, you can build a ferocious deck that makes use of Sanguine Bond (which turns those Food tokens into Lightning Helix), Banquet Guests, Experimental Confectioner, and other Food- and artifact-related synergies
Too many cards in Magics history benefit from having random artifacts around, including Mox Opal
Full-Art Lands & Borderless Designs Yep you can now mana-fix your way to victory with Gorgeous FINAL FANTASY-themed full-art lands

Aftermath Analyst Beast-Kin Ranger Bloom Tender Boughside Wanderers Cantankerous Keepers Cautious Survivor Champions of the Perfect Cryptid Inspector Dawn's Light Archer Druid of the Cowl Dwynen's Elite Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen Elvish Archdruid Elvish Archivist Elvish Refueler Elvish Regrower Emeritus of Abundance Emil, Vastlands Roamer Ferocious Werefox Fierce Empath Formidable Speaker Galion, Elvenking's Butler Greenbelt Guardian Guardian of the Halls Hedge Whisperer Imperious Perfect Llanowar Elves Lys Alana Dignitary Lys Alana Informant Mirkwood Pathmaker Moon-Vigil Adherents Morcant's Eyes Overgrown Zealot Reclamation Sage Redtooth Genealogist Redtooth Vanguard Safewright Cavalry Selfless Safewright Sentinel of Lost Lore Springbloom Druid Tajuru Pathwarden Thornfist Striker Thornweald Archer Topiary Lecturer Trystan, Callous Cultivator Tyvar, the Pummeler Vinebred Brawler Virulent Emissary Vitu-Ghazi Inspector Wildborn Preserver Wildheart Invoker Wood Elves Woodland Weavemaster

The reason is very simple: There is no Volcanic Island in Alpha, so the Beta Volcanic Island is actually its first print ever