Philoctetes - Trainer of Heroes lives up to his name when players use his trait Support
Heres an early proposed list: Creatures (25) 4 Psychatog 2 Putrid Imp 4 Mesmeric Fiend 4 Ichorid 2 Dark Confidant 2 Dimir Infiltrator 3 Golgari Grave-Troll 1 Golgari Thug 3 Stinkweed Imp Lands (20) Spells (15) Remember, this was before people thought about Dredge as being a mechanic that lets you skip your draw steps in order to rebuy cards youre not going to play
If you have the spare mana and can get to the three landmark counters, this is where the value lies
It's great at taking out weak creatures or in combo pieces that can make it untap itself easily, but overall, there are just better options that accomplish the same thing
For instance, the card does some amusing things in Vintage: Creatures (4) Planeswalkers (3) Lands (15) Spells (38) 1 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Brainstorm 2 Mana Drain 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Yawgmoth's Will 4 Force of Will 1 Mana Vault 1 Sol Ring 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Mana Crypt 1 Time Vault 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Thirst for Knowledge 1 Tinker 1 Voltaic Key 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Ponder 2 Thoughtseize 1 Nature's Claim 2 Mental Misstep 2 Flusterstorm 1 Toxic Deluge Sideboard To begin with, its not hard to get your Blightsteel Colossus to survive your own Toxic Deluge, but if your opponent plays one, you can just Deluge for eleven
Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Demonic Tutor Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle