They are the core ideas of our deck
It wasn't a very popular card though and didn't serve as a great follow-up to Akroma and Phage
As the saying goes, if there are still two left they are valuable, if there's only one it is priceless
Sure, there were more of the expensive Modern cards floating around, but there were now more Modern players, too, and the demand once again exceeded the supply
I wasnt playing when this card made its run through StandardI imagine plenty of my audience wasntbut I can venture a guess that it would have been considered a fairly effective card if it wasnt surrounded by one of the most broken formats Wizards has ever let out the door
This card works fantastically with massive commanders like Zhulodok, Void Gorger or commanders that play faster by reducing casting costs like Animar, Soul of Elements