You can disguise it and flip it to get the token generation started, or hard cast it for cheaper
And yes, banding finally made it back to Magic (and in the same set with snow-covered landwalk no less)

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Mistrise Village $14.93 Mistrise Village is an almost strictly better Island, and you get uncounterability on a spell, not only for certain creatures like Cavern of Souls
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Most notably, Laughing Jasper Flint loves this little guy