This synergy with fetch lands is a crucial point
This ridiculously powerful ability can accelerate you so far beyond your opponents that, short of an immediate answer, it can be near impossible to come back from
The Commander format wasnt a big thing back then, and neither were black devotion decks
Artifact draw engine Artifact (27) 1x Alhammarret's Archive 1x Basalt Monolith 1x Claws of Gix 1x Cloud Key 1x Darksteel Ingot 1x Expedition Map 1x Grim Monolith 1x Grinding Station 1x Jeweled Amulet 1x Lotus Petal 1x Meekstone 1x Mishra's Bauble 1x Mox Amber 1x Mox Opal 1x Paradise Mantle 1x Prismatic Lens 1x Sky Diamond 1x Sleeper Dart 1x Sol Ring 1x Spellbook 1x Staff of Domination 1x Swiftfoot Boots 1x Temple Bell 1x Thaumatic Compass Flip 1x Thousand-Year Elixir 1x Tormod's Crypt 1x Unstable Obelisk Planeswalker (2) Creature (18) 1x Aphetto Alchemist 1x Archivist 1x Consecrated Sphinx 1x Darksteel Juggernaut 1x Dross Scorpion 1x Etherium Sculptor 1x Fatestitcher 1x Foundry Inspector 1x Jhoira's Familiar 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster 1x Laboratory Maniac 1x Mirran Spy 1x Riddlesmith 1x River Kelpie 1x Sai, Master Thopterist 1x Stonecoil Serpent 1x Stonybrook Angler 1x Vedalken Archmage Enchantment (8) Commander (1) Instant (12) 1x Brainstorm 1x Cancel 1x Cyclonic Rift 1x Disallow 1x Dispel 1x Disperse 1x Dramatic Reversal 1x Insidious Will 1x Negate 2x Spell Swindle 1x Words of Wisdom Land (32) Suggestions Updates Add Comments Attention
I agonized over whether this card was even worth including for a while, since you draw so many cards and have so much to do with your mana, but I think there are enough important creatures to find at different points of the game that its worth having
He was a great sage and could perceive events well before other, more short-lived races became aware of them
