I think one of the things about Unknown is, to some degree, it has to keep changing and it cant be the same thing forever, Verhey says
Nearly ninety-five thousand individual people have paid to have their Base Set Charizard professionally graded, and only 488 of those submissions -- less than one percent -- achieved PSA 10 Gem Mint
So unlike Sleepy's Flute, which gains you only 1 lore per turn instead of 1 lore per song, there is no limit to how much lore you can get from Alan in a turn
While there are certainly some exceptions, over the past several years, more often than not, Modern has been about which linear combo deck can goldfish into a kill the fastest while ignoring its opponent the most
Vodalian Illusionist metes out this second stipulation of bounce quite well