Its the cheapest creature with initiative, and it helps you keep it
Quick Comparison Minor differences of 0.51 mm can occur due to manufacturing tolerances, but these are not unique to Japanese cards and may be seen across different print runs
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I'm not against using it to self mill to get a win with Jace, which sounds like it'd be a VERY good win con combined with Archmage Emeritus, Thousand-Year Storm and Veyran, Voice of Duality, or to fill the graveyard for me to cheat something out with Narset, but I wouldn't really consider that ideal in that circumstance because the ideal situation (in my mind, at least) is I'm using Narset to cast something twice
Its important to remember that this is a persistent effect without a specific owner, so it will continue for the remainder of the game, even if Vadriks owner leaves the game