This is due to a combination of the card playing at sorcery speed and so asking that you tap out, and also due to the fact it gives you more raw resources than Dig but no real selection on what those resources are
In those days it was highly sought after, highly expensive and restricted, and no one wondered why
This can be frustrating if your metagame has a lot of pillowfort and removal, and might mean you have to rethink your approach
After all, there have been multiple Standard formats in the time period that Pioneer covers where Mono-Red has been the best deck, and suddenly all those toys get to play together
One example would be the Ace Spec, Great Tree, since it can let you Evolve through multiple stages using cards still in your deck
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