Quote Originally Posted by twndomn View Post
Sure, you spend the resource (life/land) to replace Probe in your hand with another card, how impactful is that?
Probe does not have to be impactful, it gets you another card. That card can be impactful. Plus it has the upside of being borderline-bannably good when getting information on someones hand is important. The whole "probe is crutch" argument is bullshit too. I am pretty good at using therapy, but still probe will let you know what you can get insane value out naming a different card, or lets your turn 1, game 1 blind ponder be much stronger because you actually know what to look for now. Free GY food for Angler, having a turn 2 snap target and making monk tokens is also really good.

If you are going to play sweepers, don't play ones that cost WW. Play Deluge, it is much better and often does not kill our mentors. But you don't need sweepers if you just play more cheap cantrips (like probe) which let you be the aggressor with mentor and angler.