Ratchet wont make a huge splash on its own, only grabbing something worth 2 or less mana, but as you buff Ratchet with equipment, itll grab better and better artifacts
A riff on its predecessor, persist, undying takes a different approach to make your creatures stronger when they recur and makes it even harder to deal with them profitably
This is an example of utilizing your life as a resource since youll have to pay 3 life to grab your best card or combo piece from your library, which is well worth it
If a token is exiled this way, it ceases to exist and won't return to the battlefield
Okay, they seemed to say, we realize that the inherent power and synergy of energy decks will be too much for other Standard archetypes
Sadly, the card belongs to the Prophecy set, which is widely considered one of the worst-designed sets in the games history