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Cheap draw spells like Expedite refill your hand in an instant, while pump effects like Monstrous Rage turn your whole board into a lethal strike

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It wasn't played often enough, playing it rules out other cards, and it is never making a main deck so kind of feels like a utility land pick

Traumatize Traumatize is a mill half a library sorcery spell like Maddening Cacophony, though it's one mana cheaper for the full effect against one opponent

(You could argue that if you believe you are the stronger player, you don't want to trade because complicated boards favor the better playerbut that's a whole other article!) Of course, this all gets modified by the many, many factors we've already discussedno decision in Magic is really made in a vacuum like this