The five possible combinations you can open here are two uncommons, an uncommon and a rare, two rares, a mythic rare and an uncommon, and a rare and a mythic rare
This also allows you more access to extra cards through Ixhels triggered ability
Having Tyler both be available, and interested in, and consuming much of his year is a seriously tall ask
Meren's second ability can return creature cards from the graveyard to either the hand or the battlefield, depending on that card's mana cost and the player's experience points
Nutrition: Well, life is a kind of value
Nonetheless, the same could be said of the original tabletop version