Court of Ardenvale crowns you the monarch when it enters the battlefield, meaning at the very least its guaranteed to replace itself, and it rewards you with Sun Titan triggers for keeping it through the entire turn cycle
It's fine in an environment like that, but in a 4-player game, ramping up to 5 mana to get a repeatable colorless Lightning Bolt isn't much to get all that excited about
This price point is restrictive enough to force creative solutions but open enough to allow for powerful, cohesive strategies without breaking the bank
Theyll look over your collection and give you a flat rate for the whole lot
(See the first point for more on this.) This means that not only are you not always going to hit anything good, when you do it might not even matter
Best Card Draw Payoffs Drawing cards is its own best payoff: The more cards you draw, the more options and resources you have to beat your opponents