no synergy or combo has emerged that makes the card way better than it used to be, nor is there a particularly great MTG commander option available in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set
You can use it to line up combo pieces and late-game finishers with minimal investment
(Tarmogoyf's reminder text in Future Sight did hint that the card type was coming.) The core of the Lorwyn design team (Aaron Forsythe, Paul Sottosanti, and myself) did the majority of the second half of planeswalker design
Zero mana artifacts are prevalent in the likes of Modern and Legacy, with Mox Opal, Lotus Petal, and Mishras Bauble all seeing heavy play
Lands (22) Spells (38) 2 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 4 Force of Will 4 Accumulated Knowledge 1 Impulse 1 Capsize 3 Intuition 4 Merchant Scroll 4 Donate 4 Illusions of Grandeur 4 Sapphire Medallion 3 Fire Sideboard The combo of Donate + Illusions of Grandeur seemed over the top in those days, giving you a twenty life boost and saddling your opponent with a liability that would rapidly become unwieldy (and take twenty life points with it when they couldnt keep up)