As part of the Gamma Playtest series, this card predates the official Alpha release and was instrumental in shaping one of the Power Nine, some of the most legendary Magic cards ever printed
cast-from-exile decks are mana-hungry, so the ramp is invaluable
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Between this and the fact that blacks best mana ramp spells only tend to thrive in specific niches of the Commander format, such as cEDH, mono and two color black decks, combo decks, and/or builds with reliable access to Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, theres really no way to rank these cards
I like to think of modular decks as akin to aristocrats decks since both want to constantly sacrifice and resurrect creatures for advantage
Standard is a format where you can only play cards from certain sets that were printed in the past two years
