While that might not seem like a big deal, thanks to its X casting cost you can pump enough mana into this spell to instead make this a choice between sacrificing permanents or losing the game
progression offers a ton of potential damage, and finding a basic with the Secret Entrance is less likely to allow one player to bury the other in card advantage than a one-sided Howling Mine
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar Losheel, Clockwork Scholar gives artifact creature decks some real oomph thanks to the combination of card draw and protection in combat, which Ive found particularly useful to allow Thopters to attack to trigger cards like Bident of Thassa
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent Xantcha, Sleeper Agent seems to be a bit polarizing, but I honestly think this Rakdos commanders benefits outweigh their drawbacks as an opponent
What is the Purpose of Magic Proxies
In this scenario the card has what I have defined as low sentiment and seems like a great investment