What are your favorite counterspells
You should absolutely be playing more expensive rocks, because they give you a big boost in mana
Lastly, it doesnt shuffle from your graveyard back into your library, allowing it to be abused by a reanimation effect or brought back with something like Den Protector
He just wanted to make something he wanted to play
Star City used to have displays with their damaged cards, cards which they didnt list on their website because scans of each and every card is just not worth the time, aside from the most expensive ones like pieces of Power
If you want off-color lifegain, look at Bottle Gnomes, Filigree Familiar, Fountain of Renewal, Ivory Tower, Navigators Compass, or any other of dozens of artifact cards that gain life at two to three mana