Youd rather have Aetherize in that last scenario, but Aetherize doesnt have other utility
Players who visit the Ravensburger booth at D23 can look forward to the premier collection, a preview of the next set, and, if they're lucky, a couple of Lorcana freebies
While Blogatog might lead us to believe that silver-bordered sets have a wide audience, I have a simple piece of (admittedly anecdotal) evidence to suggest the contrary: I Have Never Seen a Silver-Bordered Card in Play I've been playing since 1995 or so, and despite being an active Magic player in middle school, when Unglued came out, I have never bought a single pack of silver-bordered cards
Most decks dont need more than five or six lands, so holding the extras ensures you always have some discard fodder for your looters
Now let's turn to this removal section
At this mana cost its certainly replacement level given greens broad access to strong effects, but its also just solid enough for the average deck that Id be interested in running it as a filler card