Back in the old days of Magic, land destruction was a lot more common and accessible than it is now, before the designers realized that the fun that land destruction generates tends to be pretty zero-sum
6 Buried Alive Buried Alive is a different take on the "tutor" effect, or when a player searches their deck for a particular card and puts it into the hand
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Meanwhile the Sphinx can net you a free scry at the beginning of the first upkeep, which is nasty, and then when you drop it, you'll get a scry 1 for free each turn too
However, two more years after that, combo winter was in full effect
As with Cori-Steel Cutter, this was a card that got limited press prior to release