Illustrated by: Zack Stella Multiverse ID: 391923 Not Legal Traditional Standard Not Legal Traditional Alchemy Not Legal Traditional Historic Not Legal Traditional Timeless Rulings 2014-11-24 You exile cards from your graveyard at the same time you pay the spell's cost
Once Baithook Angler is in your graveyard, and it doesn't matter how it gets there, you can use the disturb ability to cast its back face
Summoning sickness is a huge downside, especially since Vannifar has no means of protecting itself, but haste or a bit of luck turns this into a value or combo engine, depending on how you built your deck
A simple Crucible of Worlds-style "you may play lands from your graveyard" isn't sufficient in 2026 Magic
Bag of Devouring Bag of Devouring gives you a nice sacrifice outlet, and once the bag has devoured some cards, you can even retrieve them back
And it has the reconfigure mechanic, so it can also be an equipment