Also good against mid game mana screw
Skip to main content SIGN IN Mystery Booster/The List: The Grand Calcutron (Foil - Unstable) Edition: Mystery Booster/The List Type: Legendary Artifact Cast: Rarity: M Collector #: 131 The Grand Calcutron can be your commander
Its a great choice for both longtime fans and newer players exploring the plane for the first time.
There are multiple ways to just get it back, from Venser, the Sojourner or Animatou, the Fateshifters -1 ability in your Esper version (which will of course bring it back untapped and ready to go) to Brooding Saurian in your Golgari, Sultai, Jund, or Abzan deck
In this draft, there were two Laboratory Maniacs, both in the same pack as Living Lore
On top of this the life gain is very powerful against other agro decks and the graveyard disruption is ruinous for a several different archetypes