CyclonicPathof God here is scary good and might actually be worth playing in Modern. There's not really a lot of top tier decks that run a whole lot of basic lands, so the drawback is less significant here.
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This card is good. It isn't cyclonic rift good but good enough to being played. Exiled is better than destroying stuff at least in my meta with 2 graveyard heavy decks. The mana ramp doesn't really bother me if they don't have a graveyard or they sitting on mana without any cards. The important thing is, that the lands enter the battlefield tapped. In addition white has some cards that synergizes well with this card. Leonin Arbiter, Aven Mindcensor, any land destruction spells, Land Tax kind of effects for keeping drawing. The option to use this as single target removal or one sided board wipe makes it handy.
White can take advantage of land disparity with cards like Land Tax and Knight of the White Orchid. Not to mention you can always cast Balance or one of its variants afterward. If you have the mana to overload this thing, you really don't need to worry about your opponents getting some ramp.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
My UW midrange deck is going to add 2 of these main. Adds to the Field of Ruins / Path to exile plan and can often lead to strip mining, this accelerates that plan even more while allowing me to play to the board.
Opponents “what you do?.....WHAT YOU DO!?”
anyway edh staple all around it’s a strictly worse settle the wreckage
Oh and look at previous comments yea you all already made a fatal mistake/forgot something
Now do you see the mistake?
Edit: Strange, I can‘t seem to quote on my phone
Also consider Tunnel Ignus.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.