Yes, the statline is smaller, it doesn't fly, and we're not really getting any discount on its cost, but all of this is balanced by the sheer fact that we're never down on cards with this one
In a meta heavily influenced by the Persist mechanic in Lorwyn Eclipsed and the recursion threats found in Duskmourn: House of Horror, simple destroy effects often fall short
How about Oath of Scholars or even Rotting Regisaur
Being a 0/1, hell have to wait to help out until after hes already explored and gotten a +1/+1 counter by revealing a nonland card
Zhao, the Moon Slayer is a STAX piece that makes non-basic lands enter tapped
Ideally, players would want to focus on dealing damage to players or annoying creatures that are difficult to get rid of