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This also works with Tandem Lookout or Ophidian Eye

"Well you still have to pay the mana cost, and it's instant spells only, how bad can it be?" It means you can draw lots of cards with Brainstorm, blink Chun-Li to get her out of harm's way with an Ephemerate, or make your board untouchable with a Teferi's Protection every turn

If you do, it enters the battlefield as a copy of one of those cards with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the power of

But repeatable, mana-less card draw is worth nearly any number of hoops, especially when it goes into any deck

And while, on their faces, they can pose difficult questionslike, why you would want to play one at all a good number of these cards have gone on to both contribute to major wins (like Wrath of God) or define archetypes and eras (like Heartbeat of Spring, Howling Mine, Winter Orb, or Mana Flare)