For a lot of Final Fantasy fans, that is likely to be a character from the PlayStation era when the series exploded in popularity in the west: FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX (if you're a person of culture), bleeding into FFX on PS2
If the biggest drawbacks you cite are that it doesn't hit all cards in a graveyard and the second activated ability costs too much, I'll take those drawbacks when I have the chance to recur the artifact with a Myr Retriever
As part of the Gamma Playtest series, this card predates the official Alpha release and was instrumental in shaping one of the Power Nine, some of the most legendary Magic cards ever printed
One more thing, for both of our sanity, these are in alphabetical order by one of the key cards in the combo
But his ability is key
With the right amount of mana, you can see your opponents entire hand and cast something from it without paying more