Even with it being the de facto deck to play at this point, competitive events like the one that was won by the above Affinity list have had a ton of diversity through the rest of the Top 8
I think that it would be nice to see the mechanic come back with some truly powerful effects to mirror the current gameplay climate, but I just dont think well see it in a Standard set for a while, if at all
You can learn more about the initiative here.
If you dont run green, youll want to make sure you have a variety of dual/tri lands that can get your colors
Press the cards you lifted up back into the deck at a new location to shuffle them
Graveyard decks usually run Nature's Claim or Assassin's Trophy these days to out everything from Rest to Leyline, so randomly dying to Abrade shouldn't be a fear players have unless they're playing many other cards that die to Abrade, such as Mantis Rider