Theyre generally seen as a bit boring, but lands are often the most impactful new cards in any given Magic: The Gathering set
Interview with Jeff Blyden I met Jeff at a Star City Games Open a few years back
For example, the SEC cards in OP01 Romance Dawn are Shanks (OP01-120) and Yamato (OP01-121)
While it's possible to play quickly with Sensei's Divining Top, it's more common that tournaments devolve into people playing with Sensei's Divining Top for the first time and turns going something like this: e nd of your turn, activate Top, spend 45 seconds rearranging the top of my library, pause to think for 15 seconds, crack a fetch land, use the mana to activate Top, spend 45 more seconds rearranging the top of my library, untap, draw for my turn, activate Top, spend 45 seconds rearranging the top three cards of my library, rinse and repeat
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card
Forced sacrifices limit defenses, which makes him one of the best zombie commanders in MTG for aggressive control strategies