Compare that to a sac land which will likely get play most cubes and has a play count in the thousands
Its ability to produce mana of any color is valuable, and more importantly, it's a ramp creature that can't be dealt with by conventional removal thanks to hexproof
Creatures (27) 4 Llanowar Elves 2 Spike Weaver 3 Verdant Force 3 Uktabi Orangutan 4 Spike Feeder 3 Elvish Lyrist 4 Fyndhorn Elves 4 Wall of Roots Lands (22) 16 Forest 3 Gaea's Cradle 3 Wasteland Spells (11) Its kind of amazing to look at this list now, with the benefit of twenty years of history
Now let's take a look at the character card Ariel - Spectacular Singer, a 2/3, 3-cost character card thats inkable
Sub-$1 copies have started to reappear, but there are only a few
This is a kind of Midrange/Combo hybrid list, playing a traditional Aristocrats gameplan the best way Standard can support it