Sure, you can't force the discard of a land, and the card will eventually come back, but you are able to choose anything else from the opponents hand
Ikoria really brings our visions of Booster Fun to life
Between the artifact heavy The Brothers War and the enchantment-loaded Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, there will rarely be a time when it doesnt have a target
While part of this is tied to the fact that paying 3 mana for a 0/1 creature isnt exactly great, the fact that you have to turn a blue mana into 3 colorless mana rather than just getting the extra 2 mana outright is a subtle, yet key difference in how these cards operate
Defender No, if this implies anything it's a lack of speed
This is white's best sorcery, and one of white's strongest cards