Between keeping up with each set, the price of secondary market cards, and then the actual players themselves, it can be a lot to manage
All of this is to say it sort of evens out in the end into a mildly playable card, but only in certain decks
This card is a complete sacrifice package, and very interesting in aggressive decks that deal damage when sacrificing permanents as it mitigates mana flooding with card advantage
The pumping ability is a great bonus but too slow to take over Constructed games for a long time
If you have 4 items in play, you can exert all of them to slam down Scrooge McDuck Resourceful Miser, developing a 4|4 Character without needing to use Ink
Does Survival of the Fittest Have Anything to Do with the Mechanic