Its mana value isnt an issue since there are lots of lands like Cavern of Souls that generate tribal mana. You can see Mantis Rider in beatdown decks in EDH or decks that care about multicolor
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Opening Hand 8 With Land Tax and multiple synergistic combo components already in hand, along with plenty of mana to operate, this is a nice hand that also includes a couple of tactics (Rainbow Vale and Strip Mine) that will help us activate Land Tax if the opponent slow walks their game
However, I'm going with Anikthea here because I find her abilities more interesting: she requires more setup as you want not just enchantments in the graveyard to recur but also evasion / blink engines / populate to take advantage of her which is going to lead to consistency issues, but once the deck starts popping off things get wild
