It gives us a powerful spell to cast off of the mana we get from forcing our opponent to discard a land with Waste Not
Naturally, Hakbal himself is a great target for this, since his attack trigger will get more value over time if he lives to tell the tale, but you can also sneak through veteran Merfolk tokens that have accrued a good number of +1/+1 counters via explore for big damage as well
The Truth is hidden beyond the surface On the case Strategic Guide The very first thing that I noticed in the On the Case Single Player Deck is that there are only 3 Vanilla cards
In part wed just like some more artifacts for the Crane, but in part were kind of getting some sweet value when we loot away Scroungers and then draw them back into our hand
Remember, this is an era where Alan Comer was casting Animate Dead on Shivan Dragonbecause that was just the best creature to cheat onto the battlefield
Flashback More of an aid against floods where the high flashback costs are much more worthwhile things to be doing (than the nothing you might well otherwise be getting upto)