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If I had, I think I would have anticipated even more of a downside than simply losing life equal to each spells mana value, since giving yourself an effective discount of all generic mana cost in every spell is such an outrageous upside

If it ends up in your hand and you don't need it for cost threshold right now, hold it until you can let it reach Life through combat or search, then retrieve it through the chain

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The best I could come up with for locking opponents out of a Commander game with Glorious End requires getting a Glorious End exiled with Elite Arcanist along with a Paradox Engine on the battlefield