You're underestimating the fact that this is just a normal land in the majority of situations, those where you don't particularly need to destroy a land.
I think we all get that. But you have to make a case that this expensive wasteland is better than Ghost Quarter and any other colorless utility land you could run. If it tapped for colored mana, then there would be little argument, but in a meta full of dual lands, and more powerful utility lands-the cost of running this thing is too damned high.
RIP doesn't target anything (notice the word target doesn't appear on the card). Zones are never things that can be targeted, it's always worded as "target players hand, ect" and those abilities target the player not the zone.
Against bug control, he gets an aetherling out with one blue mana up.
I'm playing seance, so on my upkeep I seance out an AoS and get him to blink his 'Ling out. I take the rest of my turn, then declare my end step. My exile token triggers, then his return 'Ling triggers. I let the return effect resolve, then populate my AoS and snipe his 'Ling before my original Angel gets exiled. =)
Just throwing some ideas out there. I like the draw cards you've got, but I think another way to go about this is trying to replay the same spell each turn.
Grasp of Phantoms can draw lock an opponent that wants to play creatures.
Mitotic Manipulation could get out of hand if you got to play it every turn.
Timely Reinforcements should be able to draw games out long enough to abuse the devils enough to covert that to a win. Snapcaster is great for exiling cards in your GY that you no longer want to return.
Geosurge could help you get it out, and if you do it comes back to power out the next biggest thing you can play.
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Should be the core of the deck. Kira and some equipment/finishers can almost finish it.
I think we all get that. But you have to make a case that this expensive wasteland is better than Ghost Quarter and any other colorless utility land you could run. If it tapped for colored mana, then there would be little argument, but in a meta full of dual lands, and more powerful utility lands-the cost of running this thing is too damned high.
Against bug control, he gets an aetherling out with one blue mana up.
I'm playing seance, so on my upkeep I seance out an AoS and get him to blink his 'Ling out. I take the rest of my turn, then declare my end step. My exile token triggers, then his return 'Ling triggers. I let the return effect resolve, then populate my AoS and snipe his 'Ling before my original Angel gets exiled. =)
Grasp of Phantoms can draw lock an opponent that wants to play creatures.
Mitotic Manipulation could get out of hand if you got to play it every turn.
Timely Reinforcements should be able to draw games out long enough to abuse the devils enough to covert that to a win. Snapcaster is great for exiling cards in your GY that you no longer want to return.
Geosurge could help you get it out, and if you do it comes back to power out the next biggest thing you can play.