That being said, there are a few encouraging signs that things might be changing
The man lands range in their power massively and don't fit into any one group
I wasn't able to track down a specific issue where this panel appears (please let me know in the comments if you do!) but there's a good chance it's from Maximum Carnage, a big storyline that spanned through all the ongoing Spider-Man comics in 1993, and saw Carnage do what he does best, spread death and havoc, this time with a makeshift "family" of superpowered maniacs
First, lay your creatures out in mana-value order from left to right
Turning a 5/5 into a 2/2 for just two mana - while providing a bonus to your own strategy - definitely makes for an interesting card
Thats a hell of a called shot, but cards like this need a lot of dedicated time and effort to get to an optimal build