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I do expect to see Chord used some in Standard, though it will probably be a role-player in just one deck

Pretty obviously if you don't have enough access to said colour you want to lay your land rather than cycle it and so for the most part these are just half the cost of the various other cycling lands and that makes them pretty all round great cards

It also adds back the necessary mana to pay for its colored pip of cost, if you have the necessary discount via something like Vadrik or Mizzix

These days most decks don't have enough black cards to be able to comfortably pitch to this nor do they have enough reliable card draw to easily stomach the two for one