It's a terrible first land drop, but as long as you have a way to make creatures, it's the most broken mana-producing land in the game
Gifting myriad to another target lets you copy the enters- and leaves-the-battlefield triggers of anything you want, and baseline makes sure you're pressuring all opponents at once
As with the majority of artifacts in Gamma, the Sphere was printed on the rare sheet for color cards rather than being on a separate sheet
Withering Torment Color pie traditionalists might scoff at black getting access to quality enchantment removal, but it really doesnt bother me as long as they make sure that it remains the third best color at dealing with that permanent type
The initiative mechanic is very powerful in 1v1 games, and White Plume is the cheapest way to get the engine started
With an Annie Joins Up on the battlefield, we can attack, pump two creatures and give them trample, and discard two cards to impulse-draw four cards, which basically makes it a much more aggressive Spirited Companion