It's very possible that Magic wouldn't exist today without it
Matchup Guide: Rakdos Midrange Rakdos Midrange is a tough matchup, as they have a lot of removal spells backed by creatures such as Graveyard Trespasser and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, which both gain life and are difficult to kill
But the best of them all is Dragon Broodmother
Some lists out there will manage to operate without Sol Ring something which baffles me to this day but Id be hard-pressed to find a deck not on Mana Crypt
It in fact gives them a guy to compensate for its vast undercosting, and quite a mean 3/3 flyer at that
In Limited, there are too many creaturesespecially tokens, cheap creatures, and ETB creaturesfor your edicts to hit something relevant most of the time