And it even cascades on itself, so theres some immediate value there, too
If youre playing spells that care about how many Gates you have, you should use lots of Gates
7 Conflagrate This is old-school technology for builds of Modern Dredge, although some more current versions of the decks choose to forego its inclusion
If youre about to lose a token at the end of your turn anyway, you might as well feed it into the altar for extra mana to fuel the next big move
Mono-Red Phoenix may almost always lose to the best draws from the best decks, but it excels at beating stumbles and rarely gets worse in sideboard games, while almost every other deck gets worse when the opponent has access to a sideboard
Im not saying those combos are bad, I just dont believe its correct to run Persistent Petitioners if you arent using them as your main wincon