You were making a four-mana Abyssal Specter that couldn't be Dark Rituall'ed on turn one rather than removing the issue of the Ritual
It's a slow attrition card, but the value adds up over time
The copy will be placed on the stack on top of the original, so it will resolve first
(Playing a land doesn't use the stack.) (6/6/2025) You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played with the permission granted by Urianger Augurelt's last ability
(9/20/2024) Some cards in the Duskmourn release have abilities that trigger "whenever you manifest dread." In circumstances where you are instructed to manifest dread but can't perform some or all of the steps of manifesting dread (probably because your library has one or fewer cards in it), these abilities will still trigger
Grave Upheaval is great in the late game, bring back the best dead creature you can find, but none of that matters if you can't get to the late game because you're stuck on two lands