At four mana, and considering you need a way to make sure it goes to the graveyard, this symmetrical effect may not seem too strong
You can't play around it by reading the board and tracking untapped mana
You want to design the main effect to have an impact but not necessarily completely derail things, and this falls squarely into that category, allowing for voltron builds to get the maximum value without being totally useless for everyone else
Gimli, Counter of Kills: Exxaxl: Okay, there is a lot to unpack on why I love this card so join me for this three part journey explanation
Rules and How it Plays Given that its been steadily evolving since 1993 and now has high prize-money tournaments, the full rules of Magic have become extraordinarily complex
Malanthrope being about to eat a whole graveyard means that its a significant mid- to late-game play which is bound to have us end up with a pretty big flying creature