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That's good in Standard these days, I will take it

The reward of damage, lifegain, and card advantage makes this a surprisingly impactful black creature

Plus, it's incredibly boring to play against (the combo occasionally involved playing through your entire deck before eventually looping a Pyrite Spellbomb to win the game) and even more boring to watch

If that total meets or exceeds the crew cost, you can proceed

Despite all the cards we talked about today being quite playable, theres really no getting around the fact that much of whites mana ramp is simply mana tutoring

It is just another drain on resources, all be it a big one that can hit everything else the other two abilities can't