Its not as effective as, say, Necropotence , but this can be especially powerful if youve got a way to recover life
The Phyrexian horror token it generates has more and more power on each subsequent turn eventually, if your opponent cant answer the Forge or beat you first, you will win the game without spending any more than the initial 3-mana investment
This last point bears teasing out a bit
The fact that it keeps your hand size balanced also makes its equip cost regularly drop to zero, at which point it starts punching well above its weight efficiency-wise
There are 18 uncommons, 30 rares, and 15 mythic rare cards in the Mystical Archive
Verhey said that they believed that these mono-color Partners would allow players to switch colors by finding a second Partner and more easily draft a cohesive deck