Among MTG black cards, it remains one of the most reliable reset buttons when creature density gets out of control
WotC cut out the +1/+ and trample from the Tarkir: Dragonstorm equipment and the resonant red enchantment got showered off and rebalanced with a cost to copy spells before they were re-admitted to the Alchemy card pool
If you dont have enough lands in the early game, you can advance by discarding it and a white mana in the dungeon
Garnet Til Alexandros for example, while its a great card, would have been way better as concept art
Deck here: Xavier Sal, Infested Captain (Sagas) It's pretty slow due to requiring specific pips for my drawing/searching, so I rarely have more then my commander, a creature, and maybe a saga by turn 4-5 (and that's if I am lucky)
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