Especially in a sacrifice deck, which can easily make two Skeletons per turn and sacrifice them for value
It does not provide a lasting effect like Rest in Peace
A card with similar mechanic, Infernal Spawn of Evil, was first seen in Unglued
Ajani Goldmane Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants Ajani, Caller of the Pride Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Ajani, Outland Chaperone Ajani, Strength of the Pride Angrath, Captain of Chaos Archangel Elspeth Arlinn Kord Arlinn, Voice of the Pack Arlinn, the Pack's Hope Ashiok, Nightmare Muse Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator B.O.B
Field of Ruin taps for colorless too, can be tapped with two and sacrificed to destroy another nonbasic and everyone ramps out a basic from their library untapped, so it's a multiplayer-friendly Wasteland
Niko Aris can make more Shard tokens to continue building up card advantage, especially in the late game