With turnaround times at major grading services ranging anywhere from a few days to over a year, I didnt want to absorb the risk of buying cards, sending them off to get graded, and then have to watch helplessly as the price point/support that I bought the raw card at get decimated as card values were to fall (and I didnt have my card back from the grading service yet)
In a world so dominated by creatures and EtBs, this is very, very strong
It is a Sorcery with the Lesson subtype that costs and allows you to search your library for a Basic Land and put it into your hand, then you gain two life
The decks for Commander are also different, requiring exactly 100 cards with no duplicates (other than lands) as opposed to MTGs standard ruleset which requires at least 60
One year later, that set, Battle Styles, already has a few cards that are worth some decent money