Most people exclude these from their value lists as they are so well known that they form the core nine of any standard top ten list
This means that you dont have to worry about anything that has indestructible, and you can also get payoffs from cards like It That Betrays that are looking for opponents sacrificing creatures
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Thats true of most of the cycle, but this one doesnt affect the game state at all, and the set has little else to support a mill engine
Drawing an average four to six cards for five mana is a backbreaker in limited, and having this in the common slot to boot didn't hurt matters much
You can use it as a sort of protective spell by responding to an opponents removal spell and copying the creature they attempt to kill, or surprise a creature like Niv-Mizzet, Parun in combat to trade