Other traditional ramp spells can increase your curve, potentially requiring even more lands if you don't draw these ramp spells early on
The one downside the card has is its fairly inefficient stat-line, but honestly, given how strong this is, that hardly matters Cursing an opposing creature isnt the most powerful thing in the world, but when you Bargain this does upgrade your board and downgrade your opponents reasonably effectively
Its a bit costly at five mana, but it can quickly turn a single-target damage spell into a full board-wipe under the right circumstances
Top Loaders and Single Display Cases If you have valuable singles, or anything graded by a card grading agency, you'll want to keep it more secure than just sleeves or a binder
If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won't trigger and the card won't return to the battlefield
What we do have, however, are textured foils
