Can anyone explain why this is not one of the worst cards in this set?
Maybe it's because I'm a Standard player, but I can't think of a single deck that would ever want this. You can't play it on turn 1 or 2. If you play it on turn 3, you forfeit that turn.
If you're a 1- or 2-color deck, you don't need fixing like this. And if you're a many-colored deck, you'd much rather have the two dual-lands you just sacrificed than a land that can only produce one color of mana at a time.
My first thought was "wow, this is horrible. In a 1- or 2-color deck, it's just an ordinary land that you can't play on turn 1 or 2. In a deck with 4 or 5 colors, you don't want to sacrifice two dual lands for a land that can only provide one color at a time."
My next thought was "hmm, so now I can play Chainwhirler, Benalish Champion and Steel Leaf Champion in the same deck ..."
Maybe it's because I'm a Standard player, but I can't think of a single deck that would ever want this. You can't play it on turn 1 or 2. If you play it on turn 3, you forfeit that turn.
If you're a 1- or 2-color deck, you don't need fixing like this. And if you're a many-colored deck, you'd much rather have the two dual-lands you just sacrificed than a land that can only produce one color of mana at a time.
What am I missing here?
My next thought was "hmm, so now I can play Chainwhirler, Benalish Champion and Steel Leaf Champion in the same deck ..."
My final thought: "Nah, this is awful."