It's worth the life loss, especially in Commander, and it doesn't exile after use for recursion
Legendary Creature - Wizard Angel Minthara, Merciless Soul Minthara has ward , where X is the number of experience counters you have
This pushes the Black decks (with Cut Down and Go for the Throat) and the White decks (with Get Lost, Elspeth's Smite, and Temporary Lockdown) to the forefront
Plains Rarity: Common TYPE: Basic Land SUBTYPE: Plains CMC: 0 Mana cost: USD: $0.62 EUR: 0.13 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: - ( : Add .) Plains Rarity: Common TYPE: Basic Land SUBTYPE: Plains CMC: 0 Mana cost: USD: $0.29 EUR: 0.11 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: - ( : Add .) Plains Rarity: Common TYPE: Basic Land SUBTYPE: Plains CMC: 0 Mana cost: USD: $0.39 EUR: 0.25 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: - ( : Add .) Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin Rarity: Rare TYPE: Legendary Creature // Legendary Creature SUBTYPE: Hydra // Phyrexian Hydra CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $0.34 EUR: 0.23 TIX: 0.02 EDHREC RANK: 13559 (4/5) Reach : Transform Polukranos Reborn
In comparison, that would be roughly 14.5 lands in a 40-card deck or 21.8 lands in a 60-card deck
Or should new mechanics only be introduced when theyre full fleshed out