In the world of Commander and eternal formats, self-mill has potential to be a great primary engine
Any cheaper than that and this starts to become absolutely ridiculous
It also features Bargain, one of Wilds of Eldraine's new mechanics, which gives players the option of sacrificing an artifact, enchantment, or token as an additional cost of casting the card in order to look at the top eight cards instead
Is that Charizard a common reprint or a vintage 1st Edition holo worth thousands
It's also hate that doesn't necessarily conflict with some other artifact strategies the way Stony Silence and others might - if a player has more expensive artifacts in their deck, for instance, Meltdown is still a great sideboard card that likely won't destroy their own game pieces but will still affect a cheaper-costed deck
Archetype used to be part of Legacy Reanimator