Often you want to use your Fetchlands to fetch a tapped shockland when you dont need to use the mana, fetch basics early to play around Blood Moon, or crack a fetchland simply to thin your deck/re-arrange your library to increase your chances of drawing a nonland spell
I actually think the Role enchantments would have been a better fit, letting you pick a role from them
Geological Appraiser Its easy to compare Geological Appraiser directly to Bloodbraid Elf, but repurposing cascade into discover and having this be an ETB instead of a cast trigger leads to way more combo potential, which earned the Appraiser an increased casting cost with its Arena rebalance
Unlike the initial Pod, I don't have to spend any mana (or life) to use it, but I do have to wait a turn, which is why it's here instead higher on my
Does your opinion differ on the subject
On one hand, you can make an Orc army thats pretty massive, able to do your defensive bidding while you attack with just about anything else, but theres also a light reanimation theme since Sauron can bring creatures back