The thrill of Magic , to my dad, was having an opponent lose and then say, "Wow, that was cool." I had a coworker whose greatest joy was building decks around cards that everyone else thought were unplayable
We don't anticipate many players holding back on ramping just because you'll get to ramp too (as we mentioned, Magic players are greedy.) Ah well, whatever the reason, it has the ability, so perhaps it can pick off a 1/1 token for you
Pillar Analysis: Unique Effect (Artifact Protection), Scarcity (Arabian Nights, Reserved List), Combo Protection
Toss in a Hurkyl's Recall or Paradoxical Outcome, and you have a combo deck fit for a king
If youve got a hand that allows you to get your card, if you know that its potentially only five cards deep in your deck, thats unfair on your opponent who doesnt know where their cards are in their deck
Changing a card's type can make for some fairly messy rules interactions