Wow. That is a super super expensive activation cycle. I thought the Invokers were late game cards, but this is even more so, especially since you actually need one more land for this to not become a tapped and useless 4/4.

Okay, being for super-late-game topdeck wars is fine. But why on earth do they have the ability to put extra lands from your hand onto the battlefield?? Who's going to have extra lands in hand by the time they have eleven mana??

With the mmecchanic Calcify a player can generate more mana and add the extra land. This set wants a lot of mana, so if I could do something to add id more lands to get more mana, I was going to do it.

A super expensive thing to do with your mana, in a set with a mana-making mechanic? Perfect. I have no problem with the cycle of super-expensive manlands.

But why have alll those extra words (across all five cards in the cycle) about putting extra lands from your hand onto the table when nobody will have any lands in hand at that point?

I got no problem with any of this. The thing that concerns me is that the cost (putting the land into play tapped) is too high. I can get manlands for much cheaper, so why would I play with this card, presuming it wasn't my only option?

Is there a way to get a slighter penalty? Maybe enters the battlefield tapped, unless you control two other lands?

jmgariepy: What would an uncommon manland look like? Off-hand, I know of no uncommon lands that ETB untapped. Removing "ETBs tapped" makes this card outright better than Plains most of the time, which would be a problem.