Unexpected Request Rating: 4/10 Threaten effects are quite strange
And you're pretty likely to have more explore without even trying too 5 mana to return a permanent to your hand is rough, but getting to cast something else while you do helps soften that blow A three mana 2/2 Flyer with Ward 2 is already pretty nice, and, while the ability to blink stuff isnt always useful, the times where it is good, it tends to be really good, especially when rebuying Enter the Battlefield abilities This has solid base stats and it is a really great payoff for Descend
People decry it as a card that slows the game down, but the same can be said of any board wipe that blasts the table back to the opening turns
The best threats are creatures again (Uro, Urza, and Primeval Titan) and Path to Exile and Icefang Coatl are both present in large numbers, ready to invalidate your size advantage
In Standard weve seen some U/W/R alternatives to Esper Control in the past, but Im not sure that the red offerings are really competitive with black at the moment
