As I have moved away from combo and as decks have become more robust and redundant the danger of self mill in cube has fallen to nearly as little risk as in constructed
Your own cube gets to represent you as a player, without bowing to any restrictions of playability or card legality
And ramping into this card isnt a bad prospect, either
As blood touched the empty page, it formed words that seared themselves into the wizards mind
But having pseudo-vigilance is very nice, and you might be able to use Civic Gardener to cast two spells on turn 3 and get really far ahead depending on how your draw goes
Punishing draws has been a bit of a theme in the 2020s, and Nekusar has picked up some powerful upgrades in Orcish Bowmasters, Faerie Mastermind, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse