This name could so easily have appeared on a
card in Theros. And similarly, the artist Jason
Rainville actually managed to make an Eldrazi
look wise, which I didn't think was possible on
something built in non-Euclidean geometry.
This is another card where the cost looks more
serious than it ends up being. While they are
getting a card back to the gameplay zones out of
exile, it's still in their graveyard where they
will have to take another action to exploit it,
while you are advancing your gameplan right away
either by drawing an extra card or setting up
your graveyard for the next turn. And when you
run out of things to return, you still have a
creature that can hold off a lot of attackers.
Today's card of the day is Oracle of Dust which
is a four mana and one Blue 3/5 with Devoid and
for two puts an opponent's card from exile into
grave and you draw a card then discard a card.
There are other options in Standard for Blue
that offer repeatable draw a card then discard a
card. All are without the exiled
requirement and fit into decks more readily than
this Oracle. Zephyr Scribe may have a
lower power and toughness, but it has a lower
casting and activation cost plus a built in
untap effect making it better in most
situations.
In Limited this is a very weak creature for the
mana cost, requires exiling effects, and at best
filters a card each turn. It can easily be
left until later in the pack during Booster and
should probably be left in the sidedeck whenever
playing Sealed.
