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The catch is, you have to build your deck around deserts and probably include three or four colors worth of mana

Credit: Wizards of the Coast Brazen Cannonade FromTheShire: Really really great, especially if you are going wide with a bunch of tokens

Laelia, the Blade Reforged Laelia, the Blade Reforged found its way into the reconstructed decks, interestingly enough

Sure, your opponents recur any artifacts from their graveyards, but you get to plan around this, and the result is normally disproportionately in your favor

Paying the full movement cost, especially on a lot of the more powerful locations, is just way too big of a tempo loss