Its also important to note that it wasnt considered a keyword back then, just a normal descriptor of an attribute that some permanents had, up until Darksteel
And consider Land Fetch spells - Rampant Growth saves you one mana but only gets you one Land
In the dark, I'll often put it in my decks, but in a known playgroup, its value is based on your opponents' play styles
its always useful to keep a Village Rites up your sleeve, or a Viscera Seer on the field
Land Tax White can have significant struggles with ramp, and Land Tax does a lot of work to reduce those struggles
In fact, one card is so powerful that the Commander Rules Committee (RC) felt the need to comment on it as soon as it was revealed