The vast majority of Magic games are played casually among friends, with no greater prize on the line than having a good time
The spell was originally printed in Alpha and remains a staple in control decks that run white
Luckily, when that inevitably happens, it still counts as both an artifact and a creature in your graveyard
Sure, it is an OK incidental or ongoing effect and works fine as a combo kill card but it lacks all the middle bit where you get to push ahead and develop a position as Feeder allows for
It could be worth considering in some sort of Fog strategy, in a playgroup with a lot of go-wide aggro decks, but in the dark, it just isn't powerful enough for me to want to play
Exploration allows you to play an extra land every turn and only costs one green mana to cast , so you could use it to keep ramping up as you draw more lands