This redundancy, instead of relegating it to the dustbin of Magic: The Gathering history, arguable makes it more desirable as Commander decks that want to play one piece of land recursion probably want to play two, three, four, or more variants of that effect, to supercharge cards like Omnath, Locus of Creation and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait and to combo with Glacial Chasm and Azusa, Lost but Seeking
This means it will try to use mana in your pool before mana sources in play, using colorless mana to pay the colorless part of the cost if any is available
This is where youre given the ability to accelerate your mana, but only to help you keep up with the players that are furthest ahead
Its okay for cards to not be too pushed, and Id feel better if Jared ends up being mediocre over obviously, this is what everyone will be playing now
Yes, I have some more in the works and in the mail
Broken Bond Artifact destruction and potential ramp make Broken Bond a perfectly respectable card, if unexciting