Muzzle Brake

Strategy and Synergy
Muzzle Brake is a highly situational artifact that won't blend in most decks, since some of them either revolves around spamming spells (Kunai and Viruspell Decks) or lacks 4+ mana spells. The few circumnstances are to alleviate the costs of, , and.

Since the majority of such spells are of high rarity, if one wishes to take this artifact it is better saved for later on the run where costly spells are more likely to appear. It also opens up some time window for the player to ponder wether or not they're reserving their slots for different artifacts, particularly when they plan on looping the game.

Taking earlier on the run can be an easy way to secure this artifact due to the common rarity, which renders it harder to attain later down the line, specially during Hell Pass 7+. If doing so, consider planning beforehand your deck.