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Red often requires you to discard as part of the bargain, sometimes giving you card "selection" but not actually card "advantage." Black is the most likely to cost you life and White is just the worst, often having to rely on shutting down an opponent's extra draw in order to get your precious extra cards
Still, if youre playing in a meta where this card feels fair, and people run plenty of removal for it, then Glacial Chasm can really help you if youre a late-game control or combo deck
The Novice Inspector is functionally identical to Thraben Inspector, a multi-format all-star that isn't legal in Standard, but is a key part of Boros Convoke in the Pioneer format
I have to line up the hope as well
Simply put: anything which lets you avoid paying mana for effects you normally spend mana on is extremely powerful