Often flickered out to repeat the effect, the resulting Mana Gap is usually insurmountable, and Sylvan Primordial is yet another example of a card which looks fun for the builder but makes games repetitive
Because the creature always refunds you the card no matter how it dies, your opponent is heavily disincentivized to trade with anything blitzing at them
Considering the fact that most decks running Hazoret already have shockingly cheap spells and creatures, this was often just a cute bonus
Except not really, because this treasure-making monster is such an obvious upgrade to a Prosper deck, appearing in 85% of EDHREC lists
Its a grindy value machine: As long as you can exile stuff repeatedlymaybe with graveyard hate or flicker effectsyou keep drawing and bleeding life
Stealthy Hood This is a card that some people believe just counters Shock Lock, but its really nothing too bad to deal with