cards like 1996 World Champion and Splendid Genesis are mementoes more than game pieces, so I feel that proxying them isnt as worthwhile
That makes it pretty useless in aggressive decks and inept again at handling utility dorks
So your options for trading with it at a favorable rate are extremely limited, and even if you do, it still leaves a Food token behind, so your next Oko can function as a 3/3 haste creature
It was used it MTGs early years to play 3- and 4-MV cards ahead of time, but now the main application is in storm engines to generate enough mana to play a card like Ad Nauseam or Dark Petition
Barnabas Tharmr (Kraum, Ludevics Opus) One half of the dreaded Blue Farm partner pairing (the other being Tymna the Weaver), Kraum, Ludevic's Opus provides decks that partner with it two valuable resources: access to the color blue, and a draw engine that exploits Commanders multiplayer status