Sacrifice a few Rat tokens to Skullclamp or Village Rites for a few cards, and then trigger some damage and life gain with Zulaport Cutthroat or Blood Artist
You can strategize and share information with your teammate as you play
In fact, its arguable that Soothsaying is better in Geralf decks since it is more budget (~$1.59) and somewhat more consistent than Lantern, and to that, Id say that because Soothsaying can be good in a lot of blue decks that like library manipulation like Intet, the Dreamer and Keranos, God of Storms, it immediately removes itself from running for the prestigious Second-in-Command spot (refer to my first article about my specific qualifications for this column, because I am very picky)
Still, its a powerful card in both Cube and Commander
Against Esper Control it can counter Search for Azcanta, Oath of Kaya, or Lyra Dawnbringer in addition to that decks myriad planeswalkers
Luffy-[ST-08] CARD VIEW ST08-011 | C | CHARACTER Monkey.D.Luffy Attribute Strike Block icon 1 Card Set(s) -Monkey D