Connecting the Dots

In Commander, Connecting the Dots is a role-player in a specific archetype rather than a universal staple — exile-matters decks with Laelia, the Blade Reforged or similar commanders will draw three-plus cards off it consistently, while decks that don't actively exile their own library will barely break even. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern, it lacks the raw speed to compete with unconditional draw spells, since building up an exile zone before turn three is too slow against the field. Pioneer and Standard are more forgiving environments where a dedicated exile-synergy shell could make genuine use of it, though the supporting density of exile payoffs in those formats is thinner. Connecting the Dots is essentially a build-around inclusion everywhere — powerful in the right shell, a blank in the wrong one.