You don't have to play it early game
Handle the card carefully
Most cards that are able to ready a character are restricted from questing multiple times, but Beast is free to quest as many times as you can trigger his ability, making him a dangerous card that can end the game by scoring four or six Lore in a flash
At the beginning of each players upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent for each soot counter on Smokestack

RambIe on Why is this Card Played 5 years ago as a turn 2 play with the intentions of paying 7 more into it i would classify this card as useless Lighthouse Chronologist should be played like Growing Rites of Itlimoc Flip meaning if you cant make it go live the turn you play it then you probably shouldn't play it now i'm not trying to say this card should be considered as a cedh staple but in the right deck Lighthouse Chronologist is completely degenerate to clarify my previous example in Atraxa, Praetors' Voice it's not used as a early game turn advantage its utilized later in the game to speed up the infect clock after everyone has already used up there creature removals on the infect and proliferate bodies also worthy note: i have seen it hit the board and go live turn 4 in a Omnath, Locus of the Roil lands matter deck by utilizing Evolution Sage with fetch lands and paying into it

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