It's a decent mana accel by itself: It enters untapped and provides half the mana spend to cast it.
Put it in the right deck and it's also worth casting without kicker, where it can even do more than just help affinity.
It turns a Coretapper into a cúmulative mana accelerator, it can be tutored with Trinket Mage, and it can even become cheaper with Etherium Sculptor!
Fun fact: Would you ever have imagined to reduce the cost of a 
-mana artifact? I guess not :D
Posted By:
Mode
(1/30/2010 7:23:32 AM)
Lets make all the Eldrazi come out.... QUICKER!!!!!
When the Eldrazi boys throw a party at the Eye of Ugin, they serve the Martinis in these bad boys!
Posted By:
DarthKithkin
(3/31/2010 2:01:56 AM)
Good for any Alara deck, period. Helps summon fatties easily, potentially game ending combo when used with Flameblast Dragon
Posted By:
NeoSin
(2/25/2010 12:27:33 AM)
"If Jace, the Mind Sculptor is the best part of my blue-white control list, wouldn't it be better to have it out a turn earlier?"
--Patrick Chapin's argument for why he uses Everflowing Chalice.
Posted By:
Gilder_Bairn
(7/1/2010 8:22:17 AM)
Now I want a card that says "Players can't kick spells." :P
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(3/7/2011 1:55:40 AM)
Using this in a white weenie deck seems kinda nice. Bring it in early, use it for a little bit of mana, then bounce it back to your hand when you bring a Kor Skyfisher into play.
Bring it back in with all the nice new land you have, make it generate more mana, and bring out someone like Iona a few turns earlier than usual.
Not an amazing card, but it's really not too shabby.
Posted By:
ozymandius1024
(2/22/2010 10:27:05 AM)
This, Cloudpost, and Amulet of Vigor makes for some of the best colorless mana accel EVAR!
Posted By:
Gwafa_Hazid
(1/30/2010 8:40:31 AM)
@sethddickness: Yes, Etherium Sculptor reduces its cost by one, assuming you pay the multikicker. One quick look at the rulings for Etherium Sculptor would tell you that:
This effect doesn't change the mana cost or converted mana cost of an artifact spell. Rather, it reduces the total cost of the spell, which is the amount you actually pay while casting it. The total cost takes into account additional or alternative costs.
Kicker is an additional cost that is added to the total cost, which Etherium Sculptor reduces by 1.
Posted By:
Jay13x
(2/23/2010 10:40:50 AM)
@demoninabottle:
And why are you such an authority on what is playable ?
Posted By:
Belz_
(5/8/2010 6:11:41 AM)
All these comments on complicated plans, just stick 4 in a red deck with some fireballs......
Posted By:
drycanthra
(7/28/2010 2:17:13 PM)