Burn mages run at least 4 Destructive Revelry style effects in their board, and the brunt of their damage will come from creatures anyway
That said, your only read thread is really Big Eye, and you can just play Bottomless to get rid of him right away, since this requires an activation at a later state, in which case your opponent might MST your card
This card is extremely expensive, especially compared to the other cards in this set
I am not disputing any of that
Black Cards Apart from Cryptbreaker, which is mostly just for Zombies, we got three other mono-black cards in our initial dump of Historic cards, in Hypnotic Specter, Phyrexian Arena, and Tendrils of Corruption
The financially driven people and collectors who want an additional layer of challenge are happier