Obviously, you have to be a pretty serious player to make this kind of investment, but not all of us can afford to spend that kind of money
two mana, untapped treasure, and possible to trigger on more than one turn in a turn cycle
Some might, but many wont
Look, I love this card and it has done a lot of work for me, but its really hard to put sorcery-speed cards in your maindeck in a format this fast
Due to the fact Cyclonic Rift does not target any specific permanents and returns them to their owner's hands rather than destroys them, it gets around any defenses opponents may have from indestructibility, to hexproof, to even "protection from everything." 10 Mindslaver A legendary artifact that can be sacrificed in order to gain control of a player during that player's next turn, Mindslaver's ability can be utilized to sacrifice permanents and utilize opponents' spells in self-destructive ways
Bruni Fire Salamander is the best backup