The other thing I like about speculating on returning cards is that youre no longer paying a novelty surcharge
This can also be used politically, since it can prevent combat damage dealt to any player
[On Play] Add up to 1 Character with a cost of 8 or less to the top or bottom of the owner's Life cards face-up
II, III - Create a token that's a copy of a card exiled with this Saga, except it isn't legendary and is a Mutant in addition to its other types
You can make a "Counter-Squirrel" aggro-control deck, a tempo-based deck with cards like Aether Burst and Temporal Spring, or a threshold deck with cards like Merfolk Looter, Mental Note, and Careful Study
There are even some simple infinite combos combining Virtuoso's token-making ability with Decoction Modules and additional ways to replicate the effect of that artifact