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|New Rating system (RIP Greven)|
Power | Flexibility | Synergy
3.0 - Total Bomb | 3.0 - Effectively Colorless | 3.0 - Best with others
2.0 - Play this card if you can | 2.0 - Splashable, 3 color | 2.0 - Better with some decks
1.0 - Filler | 1.0 - Playable in 2 color without problem | 1.0 - No special interactions
0.0 - Unplayable | 0.0- Needs 10+ colored sources | 0.0 - Sideboard

If you get a 2 for 1 out of this, congrats.
0.5/0.5/2.5

Frankly, this card annoys me. It's basically Heavy Infantry in limited, which is barely playable. It's too expensive for standard (let alone modern) and not even really good in commander. Is it even fun as a 1-of in casual? Maybe with that Sultai guy that grows when you exile? Or next block with ingest/processing? I dunno.

I once passed this for Claustrophobia in pack three, and then lost the finals to the guy who put it in his UB control deck. It's big, can block many things, and mana leak on a stick is pretty scary. You just play it as a normal five-drop, and if you untap with it in play, opponent has some thinking to do.

There are a few cards like that in this set, that give you a big payoff if you manage to stabilize and grind up the board. It's the stabizing part that's tricky.