as well as non-combat reuse of comes-into-play creatures (Jilt your own Flametongue Kavu, perhaps?) Barrin's Spite was a rare in this block and served generally the same purpose as Jilt, except that Jilt was an instant, and Jilt allowed you to unsummon your own creature if need be
While a little more narrow than other suspend cards, in the right deck you can go from being wildly behind to back on top for just two mana and two turns
I will say that Id probably tear it apart pretty quickly to make a mono-black Krrik deck
While the dream scenario is to bounce your opponent's best spell along with their best permanent, there's almost no situation where Venser, Shaper Savant is bad, since in the worst case, you can always just run it out on your opponent's end step and bounce two of their lands to set back their development
Currently, the most common place youll see this is a Mewtwo & Mew- GX Toolbox deck that packs Noivern- GX