If you are playing multiple Ratchet Bombs then you might as well play one The Filigree Sylex as a slight upgrade
On the other hand, when the expected value of a set is low, it's really, really difficult to justify the expense of enjoying the productspending $45 on a draft when you have a reasonable expectation of getting $40 of Magic cards means the draft only really cost you $5 and you had a ton of fun along the way, while spend $45 on a draft when you'll probably only get $10 of cards is a fairly expensive evening out
He became haunted by visions of whorls and eyes, sleep eluding him
If you sacrifice it, you get to destroy an artifact, enchantment, or even proliferate, making it an excellent choice for counter-based decks
And to give you an idea of how critical he was to the team, when we were getting new desks and I was asked about any requirements for where my new desk would be, one of my requirements was "I need to sit next to Hindy." Hindy, along with Andrew Brown and Jadine Klomparens, did a fantastic job figuring out what this set would mean for Standard and worked with the whole Play Design team to put it through its paces
