This version has killer Mysterio art, too
As such, today we are going to take a few minutes to look back over the history of bans in Standard and try to get a sense of just what it takes for Wizards to bite the bullet and actually ban one or more cards in the format
It turns out that Magic players love casting spells for free, even if free in this case is pay seven mana for an artifact and cross your fingers you overcome the randomness to get what you want. The silver lining, of course, is whatever spell youre copying from your graveyard gets to stay there on the chance youll copy it again, unlike many cards of this ilk that exile the spell following the resolution of the copy trigger, so if you can find a way to finesse only one legal target for the Crucibles trigger (perhaps by ensuring the top two cards of your library are lands with something like Senseis Divining Top), then youll get to copy the same thing over and over
If the previous kraken being ranked wasnt a 0/4 for , this card would be dead last
Brainstorm, Ponder, Preordain, and Serum Visions Brainstorm , Ponder, Preordain and Serum Visions are celebrated for providing quick and affordable card draw and selection
But Hook is already a decent card, so maybe a similar 1-drop that can also swing in for 3 is good enough
