Oh, and as an aside, if the ability on your non-basic land feels more powerful than the keyword 'exalted' (As seen on Cathedral of War) then maybe your land is too powerful (considering Cathedral of War both enters the battlefield tapped, and taps for colorless mana, but is still a decent playable card.)
Not saying this is. It's just the measuring stick I use.
Alternatively, you could remove ETB tapped, and change to tap for colorless. Maybe it addresses SecretInfiltrator's problem, or maybe it doesn't, but it does eliminate a line of text from a somewhat texty card.
changed from UB to BR
Thinking that I will make activation cost to bring it into the non-cycle of rare lands.
Took SecretInfiltrator's first Idea and mixed it with jmgariepy's idea to get this.
Oh, and as an aside, if the ability on your non-basic land feels more powerful than the keyword 'exalted' (As seen on Cathedral of War) then maybe your land is too powerful (considering Cathedral of War both enters the battlefield tapped, and taps for colorless mana, but is still a decent playable card.)
Not saying this is. It's just the measuring stick I use.
Alternatively, you could remove ETB tapped, and change to tap for colorless. Maybe it addresses SecretInfiltrator's problem, or maybe it doesn't, but it does eliminate a line of text from a somewhat texty card.
This looks overly complex. Too many step.s
I do not follow the flavor you are trying to set up, but what about merging the last two abilities into any of: