Well obviously I'm going to argue that it is better in my opinion, simply because so many decks in the format are completely unprepared to deal with an Isochron Scepter on the board, no matter what card you imprint onto it. It is almost never card disadvantage if you play it properly. Game 1, there will be no way to effectively deal with a Scepter with Orim's Chant, or a Scepter with Counterspell on it. Both of these protect themselves from any cards that you may have in the main deck to deal with them. Games 2 and 3 your play obviously has to shift away from just dominating the game with a single Isochron scepter, and move toward controlling the game through straight up cards in your hand via standstill, to combat any scepter hate. If they bring in K grips for your Scepters, which they definitely will if they play green, then side 1-2 out and resolve a Standstill and smack them around with a Mishra's Factory. I think that the ability to shift game plans with this deck gives it a better game against the format than a traditional Landstill build where your only option is to try to slow the game down with annoying enchantments and STP's. It also allows you to make aggressive plays that have benefits in soooo many matchups. Isochron Scepter + Orim's Chant not only SCREWS ANT, Belcher, and combo, but it also serves as a Wrath of God effect in the sense that it completely nullifies all of the creatures on the board. I believe that the versatility, and the fact that a lot of people are completely unaware that this is a deck is a ridiculous advantage against the field, and a reason to play the deck. I do not want you to think that I am totally against traditional landstill decks, because I'm definitely not. I played them before I made the Scepter list, I even played around with them just when I wanted to change things up. But I always came back to the Scepter list because I had more favorable results with it. Also I ran it a few years back when I was a little younger and a little worse at Legacy at GP Columbus and crushed through day 1 with an X-2 record with only one bye. It has soo many good matches against the field, and even against crap rogue strategies. I would be hard pressed to play anything else at GP Chicago.