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This really isn't that good, most of the time it'll benefit the opponent just as much as you

Good against non-flashback decks which sound like they will still run the meta.

This is a really neat card. It's not very powerful, but it is very lovable, and it has the potential to do cute things. There are lots of ways to benefit from seeding graveyards, and if you drop it on turn one, it can do a lot of work in that regard. It could fit well in a multiplayer reanimator deck, for example, scaling with the number of players to give you more fodder for Rise from the Grave. Including Flashback and Unearth cards lets you get additional value from the self-milling. I like it for cutesy Geth, Lord of the Vault/The Mimeoplasm Commander antics. Are any of these interactions good? Probably not, but they seem fun. I like the fun moment of ringing the bell and seeing what happens.

There's a perception among a lot of players that Johnny cards are the weird and wacky effects like Eye of the Storm, Warp World, Eon Hub, Tree of Redemption, and so on. That's true, but not universally so--simple common effects like this one can have a lot of open-ended deckbuilding potential.

If you build your deck with lots of Disentomb-type effects (ghoulcaller's chant) along with flashback, this both mills your opponent to death (slowly) and practically nets you card advantage, as far as graveyard recursion is concerned.

It's like Dredge's cute little Temple Bell. Inspiration for the magically insane.

I'm seeing the potential for a casual deck built around this and Lantern of Insight.
Voltaic Key helps if your opponent runs into a pocket of good cards.
Did I mention those are all one-drop artifacts?

I recently had my first Innistrad draft. Sombody had three copies of this, a Grimoire of the Dead, Splinterfright and some Boneyard Wurms. It wasn't pretty.

Combos with... What, half of the cards in Innistrad and half of the Black/Blue ones in its surrounding sets (M12)?
Being a 1 drop, it doesn't hurt you tempo much. It gives you card advantage for as long as you can use graveyards as a resource and your opponents can't. Flashback and reanimate ring a bell, don't them (pun not intended)?
My first reaction for this was "play it in blue/black". Sure, it's Vengeful Pharaoh's
favourite toy, and not potentialy golden in mill too. But then, Innistrad is full of graveyard love in other colors - like Splinterfright in green, a color which hasn't seen much of that since Tarmogoyf.
I just think it's a precious little toy, and it's definetly in the right set for it.

if you have some kind of flashback/Burning Vengeance deck, and you really feel like being that way..
Grasp of Phantoms > tap

In multiplayer... people SWARM me for using this card. Yes you get more bang for your buck in 5 player ffa, but unless you have your undead alchemist out, I don't recommend even putting this on the table! Though you can use it as a threat... generally it REALLY ***es off the whole table.

In 1v1 though... its a great card if your deck is built for it, players are always going to see cards going into the graveyard that they wanted... sucks when its your ghoulcaller's chant though. Luckily you have plenty of ghoulraisers still in there!

Considering the new "Miracle" mechanics coming out in Avacyn Restored, this might actually see some sideboard.

Why has no one mentioned Skaab Ruinator yet?
That's the perfect combination. This card populates the graveyard while also whittling down the opponent's deck.
Maybe though in a Dream Twist to be sure you don't run out of cards first and there's a bases for a deck right there. A beat-down deck that, when all else fails, has a recourse to mill.
Perhaps add Lantern of Insight. To allow for some control.

Not a great card persay but it would make an awesome plush toy.. Or candle.. Or ornament.. Or BELL! lol..

I intend to use this in mono-white control/mill. People will understand why when I hit them with Memory Lapse for my white hard counters. Lantern of Insight is good too.

First, kickass art.

Also, very nice in zombie graveyard decks with Ghoulraiser, Zombie Apocalypse, Raise Dead, Ghoulcaller's Chant, Unburial Rites, Disemtomb, Rise from the Grave, Stitched Drake, Armored Skaab... I could go on.

Dead body in the workplace? Just... Ring your death bell!

*ting*

I think it's safe to call this strictly better than Worry Beads.

A friend asked me if playing this in EDH "Would make people hate me".
Uhh...

If you are using this mill only yourself or only an opponent check out codex shredder as a replacement. It costs the same to cast and activate and even comes with a nice bonus ability.