It helps the board go wide, which synergizes incredibly well with other green staples like Craterhoof Behemoth or Finale of Devastation to end the game in a turn or two
It is sought after by collectors who want to complete all variants of key characters
These builds generally pull lands out of the deck with Sword of the Animist and Sword of Hearth and Home, and they tend to run 33-36 lands in a bid for efficiency
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Id say multiple cards that are good enough to see play in Modern means it did
There's also Gond Gate which is not only a gate itself, but makes all your other gates enter untapped