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Moving forward, a card would either be legal or banned outright

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it does nothing against decks leveraging the likes of Past in Flames to give flashback to noncreature spells, or similar strategies

Unfortunately, the two ritual effects available in Standard, Geosurge and Infernal Plunge, don't quite hit the same sweet spot as Seething Song used to

It helps that the mana can be any combination of colors, while Savage Ventmaw can only make red and green mana when it attacks

Note that it pulls the top four cards off your library, so it plays well with things like Sensei's Divining Top or Sylvan Library on one side and Scroll Rack and scry on the other