This is generally a bad idea as you should be building your game 1 mana base with your optimal curve/color distribution in mind, which doesnt change just because youve suffered a bad bout of variance
I like playing a pair of Back to Basics as I think the card is well positioned at the moment it is good against Urzas Saga decks and Green-White Depths has increasingly become more popular as it gained Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth from the new set
I can imagine a metagame where Vivien had a chance to shine, but the most likely scenario here is that she becomes another $7-$8 five-mana planeswalker in a long, long line of them
This allows for the perfect intersection of defensive interaction (like Red Elemental Blast and Veil of Summer), brutal stax effects (like Archon of Emeria, Collector Ouphe, and Drannith Magistrate), and a consistent combo thanks to the many different tutors in the list
If you would get one or more counters, you get that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters instead
Fast forward 14 years to 2008, and Magic: The Gatherings Shards of Alara was released
