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You may have noticed Ive mentioned creatures at lower mana values are somewhat undersized in The Brothers War , presumably to help slow the format down, but Red barely notices

Then bounce them to your hand to keep them castable

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If nothing else, spending the time to puzzle out what a bad card can do that a more powerful card cant allows us to see the limitations of each card and might spark some innovations

Having the option of either exiling a creature or Planeswalker or getting a creature or Planeswalker back from the graveyard is good enough on its own to land Soul Transfer in many standard decks that use black

Often I find this trade off is well worth the various perks Force Spike brings to the table however it is also a very easily offset downside when you have ways of putting it to alternate use