This card is not a huge commitment towards red, compared to Liliana for black, reason why drafters do not first pick liliana imo, despite her very high raw power (a turn one ritual into liliana is often game)
Regardless, double strike is evergreen for a reason
If your opponent mills your entire deck, you usually have until your next draw step to solve that problem somehow, whether that means winning the game yourself or finding a way to put cards back into your library
But hes also easier to slot into a list than Larrus and will often be good enough value being a free threat from your sideboard
Thought Monitor Thought Monitor is an incredible card for basically any artifact deck, and its a key inclusion in the classic affinity and 8-cast decks
No setup, no background sheet required