I have four of these in my Sages of the Anima all-creature deck with Heartwood Storyteller, Primordeal Sage, Trench Gorger, etc., and it is always worth its mana cost, even when I pay 
for my 4th one (it's a mana ramp deck). In the right deck, it swings games in your favor big time. Though admittedly it is often a narrow card.
Posted By:
Discoduck
(8/6/2011 8:25:12 AM)
I remember opening up packs of Lorwyn and getting so ***ed off that this was my rare. Of all the great rares in Lorwyn, I get stuck with the sucky one. I mean, I tried to think of any way to combo it into a killer deck, but with the metagame of the time, it was just so pathetic, because everyone was running insane numbers of creatures. It wasn't good in any format, casual or not. The only kind of deck it was ok against, was a non-creature deck, which were usually the decks I wanted to play. I was rather annoyed...
Posted By:
Schlorgadorb
(10/20/2009 12:43:03 AM)
I love this in my non-creature burn deck
Posted By:
jimbob123432
(8/22/2010 2:31:45 PM)
obvious sideboard card against storm.
Posted By:
garabor
(1/7/2012 11:20:36 PM)
Turns a Counterspell into a Cancel.
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(5/15/2013 5:41:31 PM)
This is quite effective for hosing Storm, at least for Modern.
Although it's been through the ringer a few times, Modern storm used to rely on Pyretic Ritual, Desperate Ritual, Seething Song, and Manamorphose. You'd cast Past in Flames to do it again, and then finish off with Grapeshot. However, with this out, it effectively adds an extra 
+ mana for the storm player to pay for.
Posted By:
Ferlord
(9/5/2013 8:10:54 AM)
This card hoses itself. Odd.
Posted By:
car2n
(3/26/2014 6:36:33 AM)
@ichorix
People don't know, but Flavor Text is omniscient.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(4/8/2014 8:40:22 PM)
20 lives, Zoo only, Final Destination.
Posted By:
dragonlord7012
(4/17/2014 12:12:06 PM)