What makes this even stronger is that it has a flashback cost of 3 mana, so you can cast it from your graveyard before you exile it, meaning you can get 2 uses out of this great card
This past weekend, an enterprising MTG player took down a Modern RCQ with Esper Energy, of all things
In a world where you might want to sacrifice Yargle and Multani with Thud, why not spend another mana and hit everyone
The face-down spell has no mana cost and a mana value of 0
Its a little pushed, sure, but only because of the framework around it I think this is a great example of what it takes to make white cards good in some draft formats, and how taking away some synergies can drastically alter the power of a card
Declare blockers : the defending player chooses which, if any, attacking creatures s/he wishes to block