Sure, there is a chance of spending $4 on a booster and getting the Mythic Rare $30 super card. There is also a chance of surviving putting your tongue in a light socket.
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Creature — Human Wizard (Rare)
3UU: Draw two cards.
The pleasure of discovery encourages knowledge seeking.
2/1
Harry, you're a wizard!
Not standard playable, but a cool design none the less. We're a long way away from Archivist!
Edit: thought it was one not two. Okay, not complete garbage WotC
How many archaeologist pirates do you know?
Nico Robin.
I like the card, it isn't flashy but repeatable draw on a body is always welcome.
Sometimes they "discover" entire continents, ese.
Divination for five, but it's instant speed and doesn't cost you a card (bumping it up to "basically Jace's Ingenuity, but repeatable"). And like Azure Mage and Sphinx of Magosi, she loves to wear Illusionist's Bracers.
On phasing: