With the other Spider-Man 2099 cards in Magic: The Gathering , players can have access to a strong combo
Its fantastic in any format with fetch lands or just cheap, efficient spells to churn through your deck and fill up your graveyard
Functionally, they are nearly identical to the true fetch lands mentioned above
[25-030H] Mateus, the Corrupt The Backup card is removed from the game before paying the cost for Mateus the Corrupt
Your opponents have a turn to answer it before you start taking over, maybe even less if you throw down a Talisman the turn you play it
Just like Path to Exile, it's actually card disadvantage, (you trade your card to exile/destroy one of theirs and they get a land - total cards - You lost 1, they lost 1, and gained one, for a net of 1 card their way)