Ironically, this massive popularity probably prevented the card from seeing more play in tournaments, as players who might have tried to reach for the Queen instead decided to cash them in for other cards they needed more
It's slow, and while both things it does is useful, they're both overshadowed by similarly cost cards, For example, Frontier Siege provides more mana each turn, and starts doing so immediately
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade The face Commander of the deck is Chishiro, a 4/4 Snake Samurai that costs two generic, one red, and one green mana
Beyond cycling colorless creatures for infinite zombos, its cost reduction to cast creatures spells is not to be overlooked if you have some excellent death trigger and reanimation to do
Krosan Verge, Natures Lore, and Three Visits are excellent for fixing my colors in addition to ramping my mana, with all of them able to search up crucial Triomes