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I have actually found a deck for this. It's in my EDH using Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and discard/draw-seven effects. I was pretty shocked to be honest.

so you took two?

Boomerang is much better.

Might be useful for or , but four mana for a bounce is not that great. I'd preferably use Capsize instead.

what is the tombstone in the corner? i've never seen that

not even instant? urgh.

@EvilCleavage tombstone means flashback

sorcery-speed bounce entirely defeats the purpose of bounce.

Bounce is supposed to be cheap and instant-speed so you can punish opponents that try to cheat demon of death's gate (or similar cards) into play via its alternate cost the instant after that spell resolves. If you're unable to outright counter it, you need to have the option of delaying it for a while so you can drop that third island.

And four mana? Come on. Evacuation only costs one more and is a win condition.

This is unplayable as is. Merely making it an instant would have dramatically increased this cards' viability.

THIS!
IS!
TERRIBLE!!!!

I'm making a Quiet Speculation-based control deck and thought it would be nice to have 1 bounce spell to search for. When I saw this, I was really excited for about 0.1 seconds.

I actually run copies of this in the sideboard for a Legacy deck. It's a combo that uses Shuko and Cephalid Illusionist to put my entire deck in my graveyard, and then win with Dread Return on Necrotic Ooze. Morselhoarder and Cinderhaze Wretch provide infinite mana, and Spikeshot Elder lets my Ooze deal infinite damage! I was looking for ways to handle Leyline of Sanctity and settled on this card.

Suggestions for better ideas are welcome.

the definition of overcosted

Strictly better than Boomerang.
*PUNCH*
Ow!