By the time it is turn six, you will have played much more powerful spells than your opponent and are likely further ahead in the game
(And then flash it back for later good stuff)
While I admit that better cards exist for the character, I have always had a soft spot for his original incarnation
The most Expensive MtG cards Chaos Orb Alpha: $10,770 Beta: $3,800 Unlimited: $1,900 Collectors: $696 International: $600 Oversize: $51 Gauntlet of Might Alpha: $2,600 Beta: $1,000 Unlimited: $1100 Collectors: $275 International: $225 Copy Artifact Alpha: $5,850 Beta: $1,430 Collectors: $73 International: $82 Revised: $48 Summer Magic: 7,022 Unlimited: $223 Time Vault Alpha: $8,000 Beta: $3,322 Unlimited: $1,600 Collectors: $340 International: $406 Wheel of Fortune Alpha: $6,600 Beta: $3,000 Judge Promos: $1,812 Collectors: $244 International: $376 Revised: $330 Oversized: $312 Unlimited: $859 Underground Sea Alpha: $17,000 Beta: $6,000 Unlimited: $1,747 Collectors: $450 International: $447 Revised: $850 Summer Magic: 3,840 Volcanic Island Beta: $15,000 Unlimited: $1517 Collectors: $456 International: $570 Revised: $800 Revised (foreign black border) 679.80 Bayou Alpha: $5,500 Beta: $1,900 Collectors: $420 International: $322 Revised: $400 Unlimited: $900 Summer Magic: 8,015 Time Walk Alpha: $17,000 Beta: $9,500 Unlimited: $5,029 Collectors: $597 International: $984 Tundra Alpha: $8713 Beta: $4,095 Collectors: $335 International: $335 Revised: $480 Unlimited: $975 Mox Sapphire Alpha: $14,975 Beta: $8,995 Unlimited: $7,000 Collectors: $647 International: $1,200 Mox Pearl Beta: $5,500 Alpha: $8,900 Collectors: $652 International: $699 Unlimited: $5,280 Tropical Island Alpha: $12,240 Collectors: $500 Beta: $4,250 International: $412 Revised: $550 Unlimited: $925 Taiga Alpha: $3495 Beta: $4,400 Unlimited: $807 Collectors: $337 International: $273 Revised: $300 Unlimited: $807 Mox Emerald Alpha: $20,000 Beta: $9,850 Unlimited: $9,500 Collectors: $670 International: $665 Mox Ruby Alpha: $16,775 Beta: $7,495 Unlimited: $6,500 Collectors: $1,237 International: $700 Timetwister Alpha: $9,900 Beta: $15,300 Unlimited: $8,000 Collectors: $1143 International: $1,600 Ancestral Recall Alpha: $19,000 Collectors: $736 Unlimited: $6,000 International: $665 Unlimited: $6,000 Mox Jet Alpha: $12,000 Beta: $10,000 Unlimited: $8,000 Collectors: $676 International: $682 Black Lotus Alpha: $600,000 Beta: $44,540 Unlimited: $30,000 Collectors: $4,849 International: $3,210 Oversize: $290 All images via WotC, Magic: The Gathering
Even a relatively tame floor of turning that generic and Red mana into two Treasures (which will make any color to help fix three, four, and five-color mana bases) is quite strong, where it can be the difference between winning and losing
