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Use it early on for mana, and then later, after there has been a battlefield sweeper, you can cash it in to bring back nonland permanents from your graveyard directly to the battlefield
Drawing this many cards there will be times where they will be at higher life totals than cards in deck so Mindcrank provides opponents an alternate way to win, while helps keeping our deck with more cards than the opposision, since decking out should be something to worry about while playing this deck
You want a simple, straightforward deck You want a competitive deck that wins easily and consistently You like the idea Shapeshifting to victory but want something more competitive (play Lazav, the Multifarious) If you're interested in a janky Johnny deck packed with weird, unique interactions not seen anywhere else, then Volrath, the Shapestealer is the commander for you
Pithing Needle only costs one mana, letting you get it down on the battlefield as early as the first turn so your opponent never has a chance to use the card you named
The latter option is an incredible departure from what Magic: The Gathering alt art cards usually look like, and the dramatic difference in visuals will no doubt attract plenty of players to try to acquire them on their own
