For example, it's playable in the Modern graveyard spells matter deck that uses Dragon's Rage Channeler that wants the right stuff in the graveyard to get to 3/3
But even if youre not playing combos, Illicit Shipment can let you go search up an answer card for the battlefield state you need to deal with, and then a follow up card, or it can just go get two of your favorite cards in the deck
Drawing a card is hardly what Id call risk
I won't go deep into this topic here because this is a deck tech not a format philosophy piece, but suffice to say I think it's Mono Red, especially when you're on a budget and don't have access to the top handful of staples like Dockside Extortionist, Underworld Breach, and Jeska's Will
Very strong in a madness deck
It's a very lethal creature and is the reason this saga makes the list