Lightning Helix "Basically the awesomest card ever." Life gain gets no respect, because when you invest mana and cards in life gain it has the nasty habit of not making a difference, especially when you're trying to play a burn-heavy game, which either involves trying to burn out an opponent or all opposing creatures
8 Heralds Horn You Never Know Whats Coming Next As the standard for great kindred cards, Heralds Horn is almost an auto-include in any deck focusing on a specific creature type
In Commander, the specific color commitments hurt Daretti here
Pair this card with a series of cheap Floodborn cards and your opponent is going to be reeling from the amount of damage their characters receive
Even the threat of doing so was valuable, as no one could set up a combat where they would be crippled by facing a 7/7 instead of a 5/5
Wheel of Fortune has the advantage of filling your graveyard and enabling discard payoffs, while Timetwister nerfs graveyards