I will say that Psychic Spiral seems very abusable, and I would not be surprised if the easiest way to mill them out was to mill yourself
And yes, he had to get hit in Pioneer as well, where he was the centerpiece of a number of Elvish Mystic decks including Gerry Thompson well-built Simic Devotion: Creatures (27) 3 Llanowar Elves 2 Scavenging Ooze 3 Elvish Mystic 3 Walking Ballista 4 Jadelight Ranger 4 Hydroid Krasis 4 Gilded Goose 4 Wicked Wolf Planeswalkers (8) Lands (23) Spells (2) Theres a reason Oliver Tomajko played Oko in such high numbers in both his Modern and Legacy decks at the Players Championship
Once Vivi is massive, players can use his 0 cost mana ability to generate an oppressive amount of red or blue mana, opening the board up to some truly insane spells
The activation and effects of Normal Trap Cards activated on your side of the field cannot be negated
It was commissioned for Magics much heralded summer set Modern Horizons 2 and is the artists first foray into completing his Magic: the Gathering work traditionally
If you think you are going to play it this year, $4 play sets are a perfectly reasonable expense that might yield longer term benefits
