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You can use this benevolently, to prevent yourself or another player from being wiped out, or maliciously, as part of a dastardly combo deck that puts the card under an Isochron Scepter and casts it every single turn cycle to stay in the game

Gaining and/or losing life during your end step won't cause the ability to trigger

The other option was white, which brought with it Path to Exile, and this was seen in decks like Jeskai Control and Naya Zoo

Based around scrying and casting high value instants and sorceries, Elminster's static ability reduces the mana cost of the next instant or sorcery you would cast by the number of cards you looked at the last time you scried