Necropede can come back onto the battlefield at the next end step as long as Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker is also on the field
A good measure of how well you are doing in a game is how late you are able to hold off casting your Rev, a solid X = 7 is so hard to beat while when you are forced into doing it for 1-3 you are quite sad
It can be worth casting him tactically, when you already have four Sagas on the field so he can't be immediately removed, by the by
Black Lotus even back in 1994 was incredibly expensive
The red in Wick, the Whorled Minds color identity gives you access to Fling, which is cheaper but hits only one target, compared to Wicks color-specific activated ability
Its a great threat or blocker on its own, and its both outstanding with any help and open to a lot of different kinds of support