Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may gain 1 life
If you didn't put any cards into your graveyard when you manifested dread (perhaps because your opponent controls Leyline of the Void), Paranormal Analyst's ability will still trigger, but you won't be able to put any cards into your hand when it resolves
It needs to deal combat damage to remove your maximum hand size, but the effect lasts for the rest of the game
We saw Firion, Wild Rose Warrior and Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms as explicit payoffs and enablers, but there will be much more to pull the whole theme together
Yoni Skolnik, the early vision design lead for the set and an avid fan of FINAL FANTASY VI, noted that the game is divided into two acts and pitched the idea of focusing more on the World of Ruin in the second half