Youre ramping very quickly, and youre ramping with lands, so its resistant to sweepers and means you can flip Nissa, Vastwood Seer well ahead of time (turn one Elvish Mystic, turn two Nissas Pilgrimage, turn three Nissas Expedition, turn four Nissa, flip is an example of the fastest way to do it)
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Bronzehide Lion - 3.5 This card has earned its high rating on stats alone
It's slow on its own, but with help from cards like Coretapper or proliferate engines, you can start taking extra turns consistently
A mana and a life more than Vitu-Ghazi, the City Tree can really add up, and its not like Vitu-Ghazi was cheap to operate
Tectonic Edge Tectonic Edge was considered a fixed Wasteland for some time in formats like Modern, until better hate options appeared