I tend to only play him for his ramping effect when I have a decent number of other blue creatures to tap as well which is not all that often in heavy artifact decks
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Clearly removal is key here, but another thing that you need to do to assure you get to the late game is to rarely attack in the early game
Being able to put creatures onto the battlefield for no mana allows you to keep resources up for the control elements, providing the deck with marvelous synergy
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Now sporting a more respectable 3/1 stat line, it can actually trade with a decent variety of creatures