it adds important effects
Watermark: Selesnya Illustrated by Lucas Graciano Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
It ran in decks as the kill condition, able to deal five or six damage per hit without losing any spell efficiency
One thing that Oath and Traverse cannot really do is find removal, but we have Quarantine Field, Stasis Snare, and Silkwrap as removal that we can find here, as well as Isolation Zone if that ever becomes a thing
(Note that Borderland Ranger and other spells which put Lands in our hand have value - they can make certain we hit our drops, which is a valuable thing
From playing punisher cards at the kitchen table, the more foes you have, the less likely any one of them is going to step up and keep you from drawing a card