cards like exploration mtg (retro)- Artist Proof Age Group MtG Double Masters Rare Exploration

Paying 2 generic mana to draw one card isnt going to feel amazing, but things very quickly snowball from there

The stats aren't worth the cost, but its enter-the-battlefield ability is a game ender: all creatures you control gain trample and +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control

Additionally, you can run other prison effects like Sphere of Safety and Ghostly Prison and cards that reward you for gaining life like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Of course, maybe that was because people were using it to fetch the uber-broken Tolarian Academy

One weakness is that it does not remove the cards

While some creatures like Skyclave Apparition and Witch Enchanter can be used as situational removal, the deck has efficient, low-cost non-creature spells like Path to Exile or Abrade to handle early threats