Mike starts out with the idea of replacing cards like Crackling Drake or Niv-Mizzet, Parun in control decks
It's not quite on the level of Teferi's Protection, but saving yourself from an opponent swinging out can turn the game in your favour no matter what
They add extra utility and allow players to "cheat" on their land counts and play a higher density of spells
Once these sheets make their way through the print process and get cut, we get cards that have layers that are either partially or fully separated from one another
Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. That means you get extra mana, mana-fixing, and card draw all on one handy card
It certainly doesn't feel fair when the green player at your table drops several lands in a row, and that's when a card like Land Tax comes into its own