The card does a good impression of the Hunters From Hyperspace rule (which has gone through some variations), that would allow you to set them up outside the battlefield, only to bring them suddenly into play and destroy high priority targets
By contrast, Cyrus takes a more aggressive approach
You can't think that giving a token player the ability to get ten basic lands from his deck isn't going to haunt you on their next turn
Whitneys Miltank is notorious for its difficulty, largely due to its Rollout move, which has caused many players grief
If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve and modes with legal targets (and the third mode, if chosen) will have their effects
That is the powerful Trade ability one that lets you discard one card to draw two more cards