While Smothering Tithe can be tiring to play (with and against), you cant argue against the power of this card
Tournament results validate demand for proven competitive cards, rotation cycles create urgency, and grading spikes hedge against future rotation losses
Ideally, theyre going to help you get more value out of each card, make your side of the board a bit scarier, and maybe even win you the game on the spot
Ragavan is good early to apply pressure, and generate extra mana, but also good late because youll be able to pair your opponents spell with your own in the same turn more often
In fact, you could mess people up proactively by casting this and then blinking their creatures
And while his 2/1 body is fragile, it grows to a respectable 4/3 in creature combat, which will give your opponents second thoughts about attacking him during a game