MTG Salvation

This card frustrates me to no end. On the one hand, 1 colorless mana for a land to hand is the cheapest that this effect has ever been on an artifact. I keep thinking that there has to be a deck full of fetchlands that would enjoy one more cheap trick for deck thinning... but many of those decks (such as burn) can't afford to lose the tempo of a first turn spell... argh.

Somewhat better than a Expedition Map if you don't mind waiting a turn for it to untap if you don't have a way to immediately untap it.

A basic land search in any colors, but it takes two turns? I'm calling this Delay of the Land.

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A basic land search in any colors, but it takes two turns? I'm calling this Delay of the Land.

So it is no worse than Terramorphic Expanse or Evolving Wilds in terms of speed? I mean, you need another land or mana for it to work (so technically worse) but they all cost an extra turn than just playing a basic land.

Skull and crossbones filigree on the lantern is a nice touch