Sometimes seen in cEDH, Pako and Haldan can accumulate a crazy amount of value in just a few short turns
The more exotic stuff you have such as Wheel of Fortune the weaker this gets
If the target creature is an illegal target as Sephiroth's Intervention tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen
James, Wandering Dad Weve come a long way from the days of Stroke of Genius being among the more powerful draw spells, and making Clues instead of drawing is weaker absent any synergies, but a 2/4 body that generates mana to crack Clues and get up to other ability-driven shenanigans does help James, Wandering Dad enter the Cube conversation even in 2024
While these cards work especially well with Three Blind Mice and Caretaker's Talent, I wouldn't be surprised if they were good in a generic sense as well
A cheap one drop who can grow to freakish proportions while also creating a new, easy to understand, meta game