Balancing out how fast your opponents get to play the game has always appealed to me, and I feel if you end up putting zero basic lands in your deck then thats absolutely something I should be able to punish you for
It slows down creature onslaughts and buys you time to set up
Its particularly unfortunate that none of the options we actually want beats Stormbreath Dragon, which is a very challenging card for us (being hard to block and hard to race)
Banner of Kinship Banner of Kinship can provide Coat of Arms levels of board pump, sometimes enough to end the game on the spot, but it also has the failcase of being a complete blank if you have no creatures in play already
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a miracle cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions
Thought Scour is easy mode