It appears as a cornerstone not only in decks that have been established for yearsfor example, Faeries adopting both Aarakocra Sneak and Vicious Battleragerbut also in new turbo initiative decks that play four copies of each of those plus four Underdark Explorers. And its not just casting these cards fairly on turn four, he continued
In mono-colour, there are: Five red Five green Four white Four blue Four black One colourless
But whats available eight years later
Illusionists Bracers Illusionist's Bracers allows you to double the activated abilities of any creature, as long as the bracers are equipped to them
Additionally, Ashcoats other mill ability enables access to blacks many graveyard returns, or metallic food for Trazyn the Infinite to use
So even if youre not looking to build out this particular deck right now, you still might want to grab it for later