The latest run scored 97.2% bracket-exact, 100% within 1 bracket, and 100% power-level-in-range across 36 reference decks outperforming every frontier AI model tested on the same decks
Although it does put cards back into your opponents deck, being able to basically force your opponent to naturally wake up to be able to attack their next turn is super powerful and one successful milling turn should make up for the cards added into the deck
James, Wandering Dad Weve come a long way from the days of Stroke of Genius being among the more powerful draw spells, and making Clues instead of drawing is weaker absent any synergies, but a 2/4 body that generates mana to crack Clues and get up to other ability-driven shenanigans does help James, Wandering Dad enter the Cube conversation even in 2024
That might be true, but if draws are quite balanced and all the bears trade in combat, the player that drew the extra card will lose a horrendous and, frankly, embarrassing death by decking themselves
Featuring the notorious "Trace" translation a 4Kids-era relicthis Silver Rare is statistically significantly harder to acquire than Set 1 hits due to the 90% drop in production for Passage to the Grand Line
As is, Id still play this in most creature-centric EDH decks