That helps to actually reach the top end of your mana curve, rather than simply losing the game because you kept drawing the expensive cards that you couldnt castwhat we usually call mana screw. Its also worth mentioning that landcycling abilities do count as cycling for the purposes of cards like Jo Grant that trigger whenever you cycle. Also, since discarding the card is the cost and the tutoring is the ability, any abilities that trigger when you discard a card like Inti, Seneschal of the Sun trigger and resolve after you discard the card but before you search your library
Blood Rites Those madmen at WotC did it
(The other two sets were Ice Age which became, of course, Ice Age and Spectral Chaos , elements of which got rolled into Invasion , with the domain mechanic being the most famous thing from it.) Charms first came about because the team realized that there were interesting effects that were too small to be worth one mana
People were weirdly low on it when it came out because it was four mana, but so many people are low-mana-value-pilled that they miss out on obvious potential
If youve played enchantress decks before, you know how many cards you draw once you get going, and being able to accompany each of those enchantments entering with another land from your hand is going to make your deck that much faster
GALAZETH PRISMARI If you are just here to hear about the hottest new Standard bombs, let me get the most obvious pick out of the way first