Ive also used it as pseudo graveyard hate against Gifts Ungiven / Unburial Rites and to make them draw a useless fetchland instead of a lethal Lightning Bolt, so it does have other applications
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If a location is a threat to an opponent, especially if that location grants additional abilities to characters at that location, you can almost guarantee that the location will be a target
But this attack has an extra edge to it: when using Exavolt, you can choose to supercharge it for 50 extra damage AND a guaranteed Paralyze, at the cost of 30 self-damage
The five basic land types produce white, blue, black, red, and green mana, while hundreds of nonbasic lands offer special abilities or multiple colors