Even without Magecraft, the 2/2 for two mana is playable
As a Companion, Lurrus offered a guaranteed eighth card in hand for decks that met its restriction, no permanents with a mana value greater than two
If you run Emerald/Steel and manage to get your discard engine running quickly, you could sap your opponent of any means to get ahead in the early game
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You can later attempt to solve the mystery by making an Accusation and guessing the murderer, murder weapon, and location, but if you are wrong you can now only win by eliminating the other players
Funnily enough, I had a quick look at the Cloudpost deck that made the Top 8 of the very first Modern Pro Tour in Philadelphia back in 2011, and the deck contained four cards that are now banned Cloudpost, Eye of Ugin, Green Suns Zenith and Punishing Fire