The loss of 5 life can also mean that in tandem with Tegwylls mandatory card draw and lifeloss, you might not have 5 life to spare when the removal matters when youre left in a low life total 1v1 situation
Looking at the top three cards of your opponents library and reordering them is actually a great effect at one mana
The copies are created on the stack, so they're not "cast" or "activated." Creating the copies won't cause abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell or activates an ability to trigger
Its reminiscent of a Turntimber Symbiosis thats just kind of worse on both ends, but getting a big creature out of a land is fine late-game utility, especially when you get the land back anyway
Many mono-red decks wind up tossing in some serious hatred for non-basic lands with cards like Blood Moon or Ruination
Indeed, in the very last rotisserie I did my opponent had to sideboard his Show and Tell out simply because he could empower my Aluren deck to win before even having a turn