It's a cool ability, which has surely only gotten better over time with all the artifact tokens floating about, but since it's printed on a three mana artifact that does nothing when it hits the board, it's no wonder this card has remained obscure until now
Back when Onslaught was Standard legal, R&D said that Patron Wizard was one of the big reasons why Wizards were the weakest of the five OLS tribes
It takes practice to consistently create great cooperative stories out of a competitive game, especially when players may have different ideas about what fun or balanced games look like
I started running it in my Cube at the time and it was always something I was excited to draft and play with
For example, play it early, and sacrifice it to bring out your commander two turns earlier and with haste
Deep Trouble introduces not just co-op play to Disney Lorcana, but solo play too, as players, either alone or in a group, take on the Sea Witch herself