While it might not be the most overpowered card in the history of Magic , the ability to simply lower the cost of all of your instant and sorcery spells by one colorless mana is often enough to transform Wizard decks from plodding, finicky piles to well-oiled machines
Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that
Return that many creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
Ethereal Investigator As I mentioned in my Type Four conversations online about including this card in our Type Four stack where investigate cards can be paid immediately, "This is better the more players you have." I mean we run cards like Mulldrifter (which is also free if you evoke it), Cloudblazer, Sphinx of Uthuun, and Sphinx of Enlightenment for card flow from a dork, but if you are running around too many duels, then this is essentially a mana 2/3 flyer that replaces itself and makes 1/1 Spirits with flying on your 2nd card drawn each turn, so one with the Clue after you sac it
Less cute is the sandworm with its dune vibes and the creepy swamp card
But when it comes into play, its controller has the option to pay an additional two mana of any color on top of its casting cost of 2(R) to create a 5/1 red dwarf berserker token
