(2022-12-08) A card with madness that's discarded counts as having been discarded even though it's put into exile rather than a graveyard
If this was 5-mana for a 3/2 that makes a 1/1 and gains you 3 life, you'd play that card happily -- and this has lots of upside beyond that
But theres not much of interest when it comes to reprints
Invader Parasite Invader Parasite works best if you exile a basic land, especially if you do so against a mono-colored opponent, but you can always nab a non-basic too
In practiceand Ive found this to be true with many different games, not just Magicwhen theres a small, closed playgroup for a competitive game, the playgroup will either fly apart with the rules as they are written or arc toward stability by altering the rules
If they were going to reprint a creature with Phyrexian mana in it, I feel like they would have in ONE or the ONE Commander decks, but they didnt