Minorly annoying until it gets out of hand, it offers good value, and it synergizes with black discard and mill effects
I rip into them gleefully, greedily
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If you've built a really strong deck the idea of paying 3 mana to get a single card back (at sorcery speed!) is laughable, that's pretty much giving up your whole turn without committing something important to the board (like Rhystic Study) or attempting a win (Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation is also 3 mana)
It's part of a combo known as the 'Pickles lock,' wherein Brine Elemental is the 'Pickles' and Vesuvan Shapeshifter is the combo piece that copies Brine Elemental turn after turn, preventing your opponents from untapping
Separately, these specific abilities arent exactly top-tier, but Formidable Speaker is one of those cases where it is greater than the sum of its parts
