Design and development A Universes Beyond set takes one year longer than an in-universe set to create, to allow extra time for the licensor to weigh in on the process
The downside is that your opponent gets to search their library for a land card, which goes onto the battlefield tapped, but in mid-to-late game situations, this isn't too much of an issue
This is because, according to communications director Blake Rasmussen, the set is designed more to simply be playable within a casual Modern environment, rather than the hard competitive focus of the earlier Modern sets Despite not being made exclusively for Modern, it will include some cards made to fill holes within the format
I wouldnt say this is a clear strategy to have against UWx but its worked for me in the past but with Prismatic Ending in the format this just isnt worth it considering how much card advantage is worth in these matchups
exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card