The surface may have minor scratches, that are visible upon closer inspection
To make it feel like a lands deck, it needs to be about moving the lands around in interesting ways sacrificing them for weird value but consistently replacing them so you dont end up behind on mana
There are a whole variety of decks focusing on Exodia to win the game
It has a respectable 130 HP and can deal 120 Damage with Volcanic Heat for only two energy
In any case, there are plenty of decks in all formats that wouldn't mind either of those "downsides"

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