The second effect of this saga returns all non-Phyrexian creatures to their owners hands, potentially clearing the board in time for its final effect which allows you to cast any number of spells from your hand without paying their mana cost and then transforms The Great Synthesis back into Jin
This Esper deck combines the card advantage afforded by Blue with the control offerings of White and Black
a perfect size to ensure Illumineers are always prepared to rack up lore points on the go
If heads, your opponent cant take any Prize cards for it
While a fair card by cube standards in terms of power level it is a uniquely positioned card that winds up seeing more play than any of the other creatures that generate cards when they attack like the classic Ophidians and Shadowmages.Viper is a win more card like those others but Viper is substantially better when behind and actually does relevant work
As many folks have said in many ways, the perfect is the enemy of the good. Its easy to look at something new and spot its flaws and cast it aside because of them, but if there is a perfect solution for Commander matchmaking, no one has yet discovered it in over twenty years