Because I have some specific purpose for my ramp
Turns out there are quite a few lands with activated abilities that you wouldn't mind discounting
Like Vampiric Dragon, you can toss a counter onto something about to die, and like it, the death trigger is for any creature, including your own
At the same time, Mana Vault is one of the game's strongest mana rocks, which only helps shoot the value of the card even higher
Dragonsguard Elite Dragonsguard Elite might not look powerful when you initially put it out onto the battlefield, but as a low-cost creature that you can get out early and slowly buff up over the course of a few turns, its everything a Green deck wants at the two-drop slot
Ygra was at 20 power and it seemed like a good way to kill someone who had just pushed out a ton of damage at the whole table