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While the card is relatively inefficient and has lower power level than many cards with similar mana costs, the ability to cycle the card away to search for a Plains or Forest made the card better than expected by giving you options

they were the cards you forked out for because of optimization, not because it felt incredible to own them on their own

Instead, youre only down one mana and easily able to rebuild ahead of your opponents, which is invaluable in Commander

Back then, the next best option was something like Noble Hierarch or maybe Grim Lavamancer, making Deathrite Shaman significantly above the curve

IXHEL, SCION OF ATRAXA Who needs their own spells when you can cast your opponents