Youre not just playing cardsyoure building toward a plan that evolves as the game unfolds
With Marneus Calgar as your commander, youll draw extra cards while flooding the battlefield with Space Marine tokens, creating nonstop value and overwhelming board presence
In a crutch, perhaps, you may chip away at it slowly or leave it untouched until you need the lifelink or token generation effect
Granted, setting yourself back 2 lands can be a steep price in the early game, but if youre clearing out a bunch of enemy mana rocks like Sol Ring and Mana Crypt, that can easily be a price worth paying to stop early explosive plays from your opponents
Out of a deck like Ken Yukuhiro's Red-Green Delirium from Pro Tour Eldritch Moon , you can probably contain a lot of his other threats if the threat of Emrakul is off the tablenot to mention you can always draw multiple Lost Legacys and really shut down all of the threats available