cards like reconnaissance mission mtg you may draw a card. What is the point of

What exactly do you want your win condition to be

As you tap this colorless land for 2 mana and then can get one color of other Gates you control, which is a pretty easy choice to drop and we have plenty of new Gates to choose from as well

He would select a random card from his binder and I would have to build a deck with cards like that

Both also have a bunch of alternative utility

The land side grants only one type of color and, on most of these, will come into play tapped

While Snow is a supertype, Gate is a land type so any land I control with an everything counter will contribute to that total number of Gates