Quote Originally Posted by Mental View Post
What tier 1-2 decks play straight W without black or a color that gives better access to graveyard hate, that aren't UGw Thresh, which won't play this? UW Landstill isn't exactly strong (though I play it), and Angel Stompy is a bit outdated. Just because a card is playable, and will be played in decks that aren't strong in the current meta, doesn't mean it will impact the format.
What decks run white and/or green but not black? There are 8 DTB decks listed. Three of them use white and/or green, but not black (landstill, and two thresh variants). That's 37% of the decks to beat where this could be useful. Not exactly the tier 1's, but a close enough approximation.

This is useful in:

Thresh variants without black in the mirror or ichorid matchup (why wouldn't they run it? It's even harder to play around than grunt, and never goes poof.)

Landstill against all things Threshold and Ichorid as well.

Beyond this, it's obviously got some uses outside of Tier 1 that you pointed out. Use in Angel Stompy, use in Armageddon Stax, use in Death and Taxes, use against Loam decks, use against Solidarity, and so on, use against The Rock.

You claimed this wouldn't replace leyline. The fact is, this is (almost) strictly better than leyline if it's not in your opening hand, and it also gives good graveyard hate to two colors that didn't have it before. It'll see play in legacy boards so long as the meta remains the same. It'll be the leyline for control and aggro-control decks essentially, especially those not running black.