Theres also the potential to brick, given the fact that a lot of the cards in your typical Blue-Eyes deck need to be special summoned using other cards and are otherwise unusable
Spellslinger decks already want to leverage cards like Firebrand Archer and Guttersnipe as damage sources, so it takes almost no deckbuilding concessions to make this a nasty card draw engine
When looking at its viability in Modern and before, that direct comparison must take place to determine who makes the team
If all you have are lands and Evolution Sage, it might as well be a Gorilla Warrior, but on the right battlefield, it can have an immediate impact that greatly exceeds the future value of drawing a card someday
This articles Reanimator deck is more focused on reanimating, and especially using All-Hallows Eve, and foregoes the Workshop angle
However, Master Balls are very rare, and Premier and Beast Balls are only available in specific catch encounters