Youre aiming to choose a creature to be exiled, otherwise the exiled card is wasted
His talents with mind-influencing magic should have been enough to secure him a position anywhere in Ravnica's criminal underworld
Each of those permanents attacks its owner if able, not necessarily the player you gained control of it from
With more prowess, flashback, delve, delirium and so forth I could well see Frantic Search performing well in midrange cubes like mine some day soon
You can get back lands youve cycled, use cards like Strip Mine once more, and get some land-based combos like Thespian's Stage + Dark Depths
After all, these are just boring ol dime a dozen tokens that could be acquired anywhere else