While not strictly drawbacks he does not work well with alternate casting cost cards like Force of Will and Foil or mechanics like suspend which is probably just as well as this guy plus Ancestral Vision would get tedious very fast
Fell the Profane / Fell Mire Fell the Profane might be pricy at , but the ability to answer creatures, planeswalkers, or not miss a land drop with Fell Mire is super valuable and a favorite among the most diligent deck builders
1 Like xileets September 16, 2025, 10:20pm 20 When I was in high school, I remember some would knock shadowless because it wasnt 1st ed, but it didnt have that border shadow (some thought they were fakes too, and I got a lot of free cards this way
That means you have to pick your sideboard options carefully so that you can be prepared for every kind of deck you might come across
Despite requiring colorless, the Seer is arguably easier to cast in a lot of situations, and the fact that the opponent doesn't get their card back until they kill the Thought-Knot Seer is kind of a big deal