In general, drawing cards tends to be a tempo-negative play: You spend resources to get cards that you may use later, rather than affecting the board right now
Before our final act, I would like to toast all you brave people who joined us tonight to celebrate life and death. Maxwell Roth Illustrated by Lixin Yin Standard Legal Alchemy Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
I ultimately decided against that build because it didnt feel like it would be as fun for everyone involved, but if youre more interested in building a deck thats going for the win it might be the route to take
A regular Emrakul reprint will obviously help bring that down somewhat, but this movie poster version, which shows the creature going to town on some innocent architecture, is sure to retain value, making it one of the biggest chase cards in the set
Ari Zirulnik (June 4, 2020)
It has nice high toughness (it might just be 3, but that is a lot for a one drop) and so handles well in combat and against soft removal