Lay of the Land is a fine card, highly playable but not super exiting, it is never powerful or able to offer a big payoff
How to seal altered proxies (without making them sticky) Sealing is where most alters either become durable or become a science project that bonds to polypropylene
Theres no once a turn limit, nothing that restricts it to your turn
So a single creature dying under your control is worth three total damage in situations where Blood Artist would only deal one
In one of the biggest single bannings in Constructed history, Ancient Den, Seat of the Synod, Vault of Whispers, Great Furnace, Tree of Tales and more were all given the axe
Having Cactus Preserve killed while it's a creature sets you back on lands and a decent chunk of mana for the turn