The second game was a non-game as my opponent was forced to keep a hand with only one land and did not draw into more until it was too late
Compare that to the heavily played Flametongue Kavu, this costs 2 more mana, has three more toughness, flies, can hit any target not just dorks so you can play it on a naked board, and has Firebreathing
The first, more minor one, is that it has lifelink
Its a creature deck at heart and can easily run over tables with a wide board full of 5/5 creatures with flying, haste, first strike, vigilance, unblockable, and whatever other keywords you can jam in
Magic has a few special card classifications that look like rarities, act kind of like rarities, and exist mostly to remind us that this game has been around long enough to deviate from the norm every once in a Blood Moon: Basic Land (L) Mark Rosewater himself has described Basic Lands as effectively more common than common from a production standpoint