However, it's still a good way to get something like Dokuchi Shadow-Walker or Kami of Restless Shadows in exchange for a cheaper creature like Virus Beetle
Force of Negation Force of Negation was basically everywhere when Modern Horizons was released and stayed that way through the unbanning of Stoneforge Mystic
It allows the heroic player to loot through their deck, adding this aspect of hand-management and speed that the deck didnt have previously
I also think the deck might be interested in Showdown of the Skalds, Experimental Frenzy, or Rampaging Ferocidon in the sideboard and playing Lurrus precludes playing all of those
All of that isnt that hard to do, especially when black has access to a ton of draw power and all of the best tutor effects
While it never did much in Standard with only some SCG Open Top 4 finishes it has become infamous in Commander, striking terror into the hearts of all