MTG: Scrying Improves Consistency & Reduces Randomness Scrying effects first appeared in the Alliances set back in the 1990s
It can also give you creature tokens with haste in the end game to seal up the win
Hopefully people won't want to attack the player directly benefitting them, but that's not always the case
Squad is powerful, especially on a lord
IGN recently revealed a set of cards inspired by the Green Goblin, including the Pumpkin Bombardment Sorcery, Rocket-Powered Goblin Glider Equipment, and Oscorp Industries Land, depicting the villains weapons of choice, his signature vehicle, and his base of operations, respectively
(Yes, it is likely that if your opponent has plains they also have white creatures!) If you have to pay white mana for it, why not endow swampwalk, or mountainwalk