The card was a lot of work, but I'm very happy with how it turned out
This leads to everyone except the controller being hesitant to tap their lands, a basic function in the game
In short, there are just better instants in both red and blue you could be playing for three mana, especially in spellslinger strategies where mana is precious until you hit a critical mass of rituals
Control decks like to gain life because it gives them the buffer they need to take over the game, but gaining life isnt actually the win condition
We imagine there'll be a big ol' boat revealed for MTG Assassin's Creed sooner or later, and these new salty sea dogs might fit with some of the pirate ships released in Lost Caverns of Ixalan too
Your mileage may vary, and this also changes if youre more committed to forcing Reanimator generally, but in my experience its better to value the ways to get creatures into the graveyard and the creatures themselves higher than the reanimation effects, which are more interchangeable