If the biggest drawbacks you cite are that it doesn't hit all cards in a graveyard and the second activated ability costs too much, I'll take those drawbacks when I have the chance to recur the artifact with a Myr Retriever
For a lot of Final Fantasy fans, that is likely to be a character from the PlayStation era when the series exploded in popularity in the west: FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX (if you're a person of culture), bleeding into FFX on PS2
Congratulations, Underworld Connectionsyoure the Angola of black draw spells
Dragonmaster Outcast was a card that did see play in previous Standards, but I don't think there's a powerful enough Red Midrange deck to put it in, and Cut Down is its worst enemy
As part of the Gamma Playtest series, this card predates the official Alpha release and was instrumental in shaping one of the Power Nine, some of the most legendary Magic cards ever printed
When looking at things to give white, R&D realized that white needs to have its weenies notched up a little in power