: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 white and blue Elemental creature with flying and vigilance
While other generic black mana board wipes like In Garruks Wake can take out every opponents board and leave yours standing, sometimes you dont have the Creature power to swing for the win right away
To top it off, both are Wizards, which enable Wizards Retorts Counterspell mode
Quality and Feel I think this is the most important thing when you're deciding whether it's worth it to order proxies or not do they feel like real Magic cards
The final effect gives you the option to discard your hand and draw four cards every time the Ring tempts you, allowing you to draw a fresh set of cards if you're short, or to throw lots of creatures into your graveyard if you're leaning into Sauron's role as the Necromancer
Ashnods Altar and Nim Deathmantle make this a loop that can generate infinite mana of any kind, while letting you eventually play all the nonland cards in your library