Be it in the form of mana rocks, Stax pieces, or overall powerful effects, removal for these kinds of cards is very important for any deck to be running
If your deck can consistently generate this much mana, it will probably be worth running this card
While he makes a great option in the command zone, hes bound to show up in Osgir, Teshar, and Koll, at the very least
Credit: Wizards of the Coast Gaius van Baelsar BPhillipYork: Solid entrance sacrifice trigger, more expensive than most of them but it's modal and lets you get rid of stuff you don't want to deal with, or you can avoid having to sacrifice anything yourself
The cost reduction makes it very easy to cast this spell on the cheap and have mana left over to start rebuilding
Even if that was the case, your opponent has the most say about when this ability is used to their advantage (if any)