I have this Kess deck where I run the other cards and they are pretty amazing value because you can cast the discarded spells from gy and then the card again for even more value. They get really good with copy effects. I tutor primal amulet every chance I get.
Yeah, in a vacuum, it's not particularly good, and the CMC2 versions are much better. Once you bring in synergies though, this looks a lot more interesting. Copying it, making extra tokens or even just general artifact interactions make this a fair bit more attractive and should be at least worth considering.
I play it in my Daretti deck, alongside Faithless Looting and Tormenting Voice. It essentially costs the same as Tormenting, as you will net two mana after it's cast. But in Daretti, it gives you extra sac fodder, which the deck really loves.
I personally love the card and am glad I put it in.
Shoring up mana for next turn? Fixing two mana to the color of your choice?
Beyond that, copying it (which is what a lot of us do with cards with a non-mana cost; I also like using Alhammarret's Archive with loot effects) or Doubling Season and friends.
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I've tested it in various decks, from artifact good-stuff to combo to storm.
It has only remained in a mono-red storm deck I'm been tinkering with because it needs a high volume of looting effects, and it does tend to copy spells.
Would you play this over something like faithless looting/tormenting voice/wild guess/cathartic reunion, together with other cards or not play at all?
I have this Kess deck where I run the other cards and they are pretty amazing value because you can cast the discarded spells from gy and then the card again for even more value. They get really good with copy effects. I tutor primal amulet every chance I get.
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Or copy effects, Riku of Two Reflections, Wort, the Raidmother, Thousand-Year Storm, etc.
Yeah it absolutely has a place in commander in the right decks. Should be on peoples radars for the future.
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If you are just using it for card filtering, go with less mana-intensive options.
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I personally love the card and am glad I put it in.
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Beyond that, copying it (which is what a lot of us do with cards with a non-mana cost; I also like using Alhammarret's Archive with loot effects) or Doubling Season and friends.
On phasing:
It has only remained in a mono-red storm deck I'm been tinkering with because it needs a high volume of looting effects, and it does tend to copy spells.
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