I intended to write about the best trilobites in Magic, but Im being coerced to talk about mind control effects
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Instead of leaving a creature behind, Briefing digs for the card to be "flashed back." Briefing also doesn't target, so Surgical Extraction isn't a clean answer and Scavenging Ooze is less effective
Additionally, as there are numerous cards that allow walls to attack, under these circumstances, Brave the Sands allows walls to simultaneously that the offensive and defensive
That said, between ramps ubiquity in Commander, the fact that ramping one land for 2 mana has been good enough for many cards to see consistent play in the format for years, and the risk that Deep Gnome Terramancer will be a dead card is minimal at best, and Id call it a safe bet youll come out ahead far more often than not when playing this card
"Trumps, Shmumps: I'll Play My Unicorn"