Of course, they wont always let you look at an opponents hand, but these are still plenty of fun, conceptually
It highly encourages doing everything you can in main phase one, and its a huge amount of fun if youre more interested in swinging in than playing combos
However, the death of the latter's sister at the orders of the former's uncaring aristocratic family more or less destroy it
Like Grinding Station, the potential of that ability alone elevates the Analyst from nondescript bit player to combo win condition best showcased in a Constructed deck like Modern Amulet Titan, where the Analyst is looped to first access and then enable land-based combo kills
What's even funnier is that it's possible for either player to cast another Shahrazad in that subgame, creating a third game
It perpetually becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types