They are the same cards essentially, just providing different mana to their respective decks
In addition, it can protect itself from being destroyed by banishing a card from your Graveyard, plus, when a card is banished while it's on the field, you can banish one card from the field and another from your opponent's Graveyard
If this card is destroyed by card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Meklord Emperor" monster from your hand or Deck with a different Attribute from the monsters you control, ignoring its Summoning conditions, also for the rest of this turn, you can only declare an attack with 1 monster
In fact, I speak it anytime I play a Counterspell that counters and does something else bad for my opponent
While it has fallen from grace quite a bit in recent years, being able to search for any land every turn cycle is both incredibly powerful and easy if you arent the player who went first in your pod of players, as youll, in theory, always be behind in land if the first player never misses a land drop
As to how strong it is Its fun to use