The release of The First Chapter exceeded demand, with players struggling to find cards
One or two mana for a creature that should cost seven or eight is a massive tempo swing
Four mana isnt a ton and makes this more efficient than most of the other tutors unless youre specifically looking for a 1- or 2-mana spell, and even then, its on par with Chord and Finale
While new cards are unlikely to be as perfect as Space-Time Anomaly, lifegain tends to get a lot of casual support from Wizards
This card has its own lifegain trigger, and you can pair it with quick lifegain cards like Essence Warden, Blood Artist, and Queza, Augur of Agonies to ping all your opponents
Plus, it flies and rocks wither to put counter on dorks, so they can't do anything