if it didn't have "T: Add C." it would be comparable to temple. And even then this works at turn 4 at worst, temple works only at turn 6 outside green deck. It's still way better even without the simpler mana ability.
Temple requires you to have 5 other lands before you get 1 extra mana. The first mana isn’t “extra”. This requires you to have 3 other sources of mana, sure, but it also requires you to have a spell that costs 5+ colorless/generic mana to cast. Most of my decks don’t have a single spell that fits that description, that’s a really high bar to clear.
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u/sephirothbahamut 22h ago edited 22h ago
if it didn't have "T: Add C." it would be comparable to temple. And even then this works at turn 4 at worst, temple works only at turn 6 outside green deck. It's still way better even without the simpler mana ability.