Murktide Izzet Murktide has returned to A Tier this month after a strong showing over the last weekend
However, once you've got Sword of the Animist (or Sword of Forge and Frontier) in play, now you've got as many attacks as you have basic lands
One reason for this, Rasmussen says, is: "I don't know that it's going to be a strictly power level sort of thing." He gives the example of Lotus Petal - not the most powerful mana accelerant, but a card that raises eyebrows, and might warrant a higher place on the table than might be expected
The most well-known might be combo piece Day's Undoing, but there are others that work at instant speed
Once enough charge counters have been placed on it via the Station ability, it becomes a 7/7 Flying artifact creature
Let's be honest - there's something funny about a UFO shooting out a Rakdos CarnariumRakdos Carnarium and then the Carnarium bouncing back, all while getting infinite landfall triggers for a SabotenderSabotender win condition