Theres other reasons you see a bunch of Nihil Spellbombs, Soul-Guide Lanterns, and Endurances in Modern, but you would be seeing a bunch of those same cards because theyre good at stranding Murktide Regents in hands
Recovery tools: Recursion, backup engines, or redundancy
Basically, its high-risk, high-reward
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Mixed with the right creatures, it can be the heart of a powerful combo deck: Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, plus two undying creatures (for example Geralfs Messenger and Young Wolf) generates a Yawgmoths Bargain sort-of engine, that can be turned to a One Turn Kill adding a Zulaport Cutthroat effect to the mix