After listening to a wave of community feedback, Wizards has promised to create functional reprints of these cards, and to think very carefully about doing such tie-ins again
Starting hand size +1 Starting life total -5 If an instant or sorcery spell you cast would cause you to draw one or more cards, draw an additional card
Rip is a great value engine thanks to its ability to find Vehicles, allowing us to dig through our deck in no time
Casting spells on your opponents turn is quite easy with cheap cantrips like Opt and Brainstorm, plus faeries rarely want to tap out on your turnsee Spellstutter Sprite, Vendilion Clique, and so on
It's still good vanilla with four different lands, and sometimes that high mana value is useful
While decks that need to deploy Goblin Guide and similar cards on turn 1 dont love this, plenty of decks do