You are of course playing it to exile one or two things you have few other ways to deal with in the deck and in this capacity there is no better card to play
* Ludonarrative dissonance is game designer speak for when gameplay does not resemble or is in tension with what it is abstracting. Magic, for example, is an abstraction of a magical duel between Planeswalkers
Exiled off the top of each players library, this effect can also mill through a bunch of land
In Pauper EDH, it can even serve as a surprisingly strong commander since the format offers a deep pool of efficient artifact spells that work naturally with payoffs like Thoughtcast, letting you overwhelm opponents with nonstop value
Or two big cards, who knows
In February 2026 one sold for $148,800