Having fewer "real" lands means we're less likely to have games where we flood out
This change will help players remove Lier, favorably attack, and interact with the opponents graveyard on their turn
And Wizards of the Coast was deep into the third act of the Zendikar block (2009 - 2010) , culminating in the set Rise of the Eldrazi , a Lovecraftian horror show filled with massive mana costs, Colorless spaghetti monsters, and mechanics that, quite frankly, slowed the game down to an Eldrazi's crawl
Instead of having to spell out how to determine day/night status, the cards merely had to get the day/night card into play, and then the card independently would track it
Each drop will highlight a different legendary character from D&D s unprecedented 50-year dominance