It costs three energy, two Fire Energy, and one Colorless Energy, making it a fairly cost-effective attack
But I win with denial and recursive land destruction through Strip Mine + Ramunap Excavator, Edgar player plays spot removal on meren again Opening Hand: Mindslicer, Llanowar Elves, Wooded Foothills, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Demonic Tutor, Toxic Deluge, Viscera Seer Opposing Commanders: Rhys the Redeemed, Isamaru, Hound of Konda T1: Forest, Llanowar Elves T2: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Viscera Seer T3: Gaea's Cradle, Birds of Paradise, Meren of Clan Nel Toth T4: Fetch Bayou, Demonic Tutor Caustic Caterpillar, destroy pesky artifact, Play Mindslicer + sac him to Viscera Seer, board now locked, opponents in top deck mode, i recurse graveyard
give you choices to use depending on the given scenario
C Common Celestial Observatory X SPELL Place 1 Level 6 monster from your hand or face-up field on the bottom of the Deck
What were really trading here is time for mana
Ranked #9 in the set, trading at roughly 24% of the top card's price