The life gain your opponent receives rarely matters compared to permanently removing their biggest threat
The expansion which also added Pokmon LEGEND cards such as Ho-Oh and Lugia featured a small collection of cards, such as Gengar Prime, that would force an opponent to discard one or more cards into a pile separate from their main discard pile
To this end, Ive done my best to prepare the most logical argument on behalf of the much-maligned Land Destruction player
The Wizards team has worked closely with the teams at Square Enix to ensure that mechanics, characters, and locations all feel right in this new world of Magic
That said, it's still a fantastic way to protect creature-heavy decks from countermagic and it's my new favorite way to protect Enchantress decks
While we used to get ramp like this in the days of Wood Elves and Farhaven Elf, we havent for a while, so thats exciting in itself