MTG Salvation

Throes of Chaos

This seems like a worthwhile engine to me. Am I crazy?

Retrace was always a strong mechanic, but none of the cards with it ever had much payoff (though I've gotten a surprising amount of use out of Spitting Image). This card is okay as a one off, and great if you can get an engine going, which isn't hard if you are cascading into cards that get you lands. You do have to build with this in mind, though: no Mana Leak.

Obviously this is good with Crucible of Worlds, but best with Wrenn and Six. Another part of the increasingly buildable loam archetype.

I think its too random for cube not doing anything on its own.

I might add it into my peasant cube to see what it does there. I love the combination of effects tho!

Honestly I'm in complete overload trying to evaluate all of these wacky MH1 cards. I'll pass on this.

Yeah but I like how it functions as a nice way to make better use of unwanted lands in a red based deck.

I don't think this is cubeable. You have to overpay for everything and you don't know what you're getting. I just don't see the appeal.

The gameplan of "from turn 4 onward, you play a random card" seems pretty week.

Apart from what others said, I think Experimental Frenzy is a better card altogether. You get to play lands and you are able to play spells for their actual cost, in addition to actually know what you are going to play. With Frenzy in Red, 4 mana might result in 2+ spells and a landdrop, which sounds much better to me.