This added uncertainty to matchups that previously had ironclad advantages, which made a huge difference to how Commander games were played
Luckily, this equipment card comes with a built-in user
Drafting was what R&D refers to as "on rails," where once you picked your creature type, you got locked into your theme and didn't have much variance in the draft as we would have liked
The extra land part of the card wont always matter, since most of the time when you start using this ability youre probably not going to be in desperate need of more lands, but it could definitely help, especially in UG, which is a ramp color pair as it often is
Maybe some kind Dimir discard ramp control deck, so your opponent does not have the cards to take advantage of the free spell part
Even if you try to ignore it by purchasing cards from the secondary market, theres no escaping rarity in MTG