On the rare occasion that you dont outright win the game with this, all you need is a free sacrifice outlet so that you can at the very least Plague Wind your opponent out of the game and then win the next turn
That being said, there are a few encouraging signs that things might be changing
(2025-10-02) "Waterbend [cost]" means "Pay [cost]
I wasn't able to track down a specific issue where this panel appears (please let me know in the comments if you do!) but there's a good chance it's from Maximum Carnage, a big storyline that spanned through all the ongoing Spider-Man comics in 1993, and saw Carnage do what he does best, spread death and havoc, this time with a makeshift "family" of superpowered maniacs
It doesnt need to have shuffling effects to fix the top of your library and can let you see just as many cards as Brainstorm
Turning a 5/5 into a 2/2 for just two mana - while providing a bonus to your own strategy - definitely makes for an interesting card