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Amusingly, its also really good in those archetypes
Its almost a shame that a plains version of Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth hasnt been printed yet, but maybe well see that someday since it won a Twitter poll that Gavin Verhey did a while back
The combo control decks, of which there are a surprisingly large number, can recover games
Then, for 6 mana, you can transform it into Ifrit, Warden of Inferno, a hulking 9/9 saga demon that brings fight-based removal and a burst of mana, and that eventually flips back to Clive for another round
Since its also incredibly easy to leave mana up in a blue deck, and its so cheap for Meloku to bounce lands to your hand, its incredibly easy and safe to include Triskaidekaphile as an alternate win condition