When you cast it for its prototype cost it becomes a three-mana 1/3, which in a set with tons of Powerstone ramp but very little ramp elsewhere, can prove vital
Consider Break Free to help you achieve a few different things at once
Black Cornered by Black Mages (mediocre) This is a tricky card to evaluate that will likely have some variance to it
Can I track cards in different conditions
1 Space Marine Devastator 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard 1 Vexilus Praetor 1 Zephyrim 1 Vanguard Suppressor 1 Belisarius Cawl 1 Company Commander 1 Epistolary Librarian 1 Inquisitor Eisenhorn 1 Neyam Shai Murad 1 The Golden Throne 1 Sanguinary Priest 1 Deny the Witch 1 Primaris Chaplain 1 Entrapment Maneuver 1 Utter End 1 Reconnaissance Mission 5 (13) 1 Marneus Calgar 1 Celestine, the Living Saint 1 Triumph of Saint Katherine 1 Sister of Silence 1 Primaris Eliminator 1 Birth of the Imperium 1 The Flesh Is Weak 1 Sister Repentia 1 Knight Paladin 1 Redemptor Dreadnought 1 Grey Knight Paragon 1 Thunderwolf Cavalry 1 Fell the Mighty 7 (4) 1 Exterminatus 1 Reaver Titan 1 Deploy to the Front 1 Hour of Reckoning Common (30) 1 Mind Stone 1 Arcane Signet 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Command Tower 1 Dismal Backwater 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Scoured Barrens 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Tranquil Cove 5 Island 7 Swamp 8 Plains Uncommon (19) 1 And They Shall Know No Fear 1 Grey Knight Paragon 1 Space Marine Scout 1 Thunderwolf Cavalry 1 Sicarian Infiltrator 1 Sanguinary Priest 1 Deny the Witch 1 Primaris Chaplain 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Reconnaissance Mission 1 Mortify 1 Skullclamp 1 Sol Ring 1 Talisman of Dominance 1 Talisman of Hierarchy 1 Talisman of Progress 1 Arcane Sanctum 1 Ash Barrens 1 Memorial to Glory Rare (49) 1 Celestine, the Living Saint 1 Defenders of Humanity 1 For the Emperor
That said, you still definitely need to have a few of the payoff type cards to try playing this strategy I can tell you from experience that just playing a bunch of low-cost white and black cards wont have the oomph to finish off most opponents
