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Sadistic, it I use the word "ungodly", trust that I'm aware that the length is its own problem. As a note, Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas actually has the longest ability, it's just that it's his +1, so the overall text appears less cramped.
Anyway, that does look like a good alternative, and I'm not sure it even needs "from your hand", as exiling one of the "wish spells" wouldn't be especially beneficial.
42 words is already a form of "cumbersome rules baggage". Gideon Jura has the longest planeswalker ability currently in existence, at 27 words, so with 42 you're looking at six lines for that ability alone, never mind the previous two which aren't that short themselves. The 9-line text threshold is such a strong guideline that even Jace doesn't break it.
"Whenever you cast a spell from your hand this turn, you may exile it and play a card you own from outside the game without paying its mana cost." 29 words is slightly more than Gideon, but the text is actually shorter (144 characters instead of 153) so it doesn't break the current space limits. Unless you're trying to Tweet card abilities, in which case...why?