Suffice it to say that Masticore was highly unfair, often just popping up and burning someone to the face for 12 ending the game on the spot
Even so, either scenario is worth a few minutes of rummaging through your old collection
However, the card has its spots, and since the opportunity cost of playing one copy of Trinisphere in your sideboard as a tutor target is so low, it makes it a consideration when the metagame calls for it
Wear / Tear A sideboard staple since its release, Wear / Tear deals with two problematic card types at the cost of one sideboard slot
On top of that, it makes sense for the Rapid Strike and Single Strike Energies to receive Gold Cards, but as these are less appealing than other Secret Rares, it would have been a good move to cut the Gold Exp
X is a great example of a card that very much breaks the rules of normal Magic