The fact that its an instant means that you can often bluff an overloaded Cyclonic Rift just be leaving mana open and people will likely avoid putting too many things onto the board or swinging at you with too many creatures because they dont want to have to go through the pain of rebuilding after being hit by this back-breaking board wipe
I appreciate them from time to time, but sometimes I like to play more than one game in a session
This is the least premium version of the card and still desirable for landfall decks in both Standard and EDH
Also, instant death works on them
Still, its a vital card to win this matchup against both of these decks
Cid, Freeflier Pilot I generally want my equipment commanders to cheat on equip costs or reward me for controlling equipped commanders, but Cid, Freeflier Pilot takes the archetype another, grindier way