Even If you're just using it as a "budget" Ponder, as long as it does the job you want it to, i think youre Pauper-Brainstorming just fine
Basically, youd skip a turn in order to take an extra turn at some later point
(11/17/2017) If "the rest" is zero cards, either because X was 0 or because X was 1 and that card was put onto the battlefield, the library is still shuffled.
Just have to check, since you didn't say that this one was yet you said the other two were
Its gotten a little more valuable since its launch, making it one to watch as 2025 rolls on
Despite having a different name, Energized Blade used by "Gallade ex" ( Space-Time Smackdown ) also has the same damage increase effect