Honestly, given how cool this artwork is, its not hard to see why
Add in Crown Zeniths reputation for elite alt arts and short print runs, and youve got a card thats not just collectibleits celestial
You can later re-equip the Scythe to another creature by paying the equip cost of (you don't get a new token for re-equiping the Scythe, though
Now sure, they'll get the ramping but exile removal is great and then they are less likely to care if you just gave them four or five lands and come after you hard

Draw: 2x Torrential Tributes, 1x Fire King Sanctuary, 1x Fire King High Avatar Garunix and 1x Fire King Avatar Rangbali Activate Fire King Sanctuary and place Fire King Island in the field spell zone Use Fire King Islands effect to destroy Fire King High Avatar Garunix (just in case next turn you can use Fire King High Avatar Garunixs effect to destroy all other monsters if your opponent can mass summon monsters) Special Summon Sacred Fire King Garunix via Fire King High Avatar Garunix's effect of being sent to the graveyard Activate Sacred Fire King Garunixs second effect and send Fire King Avatar Barong to the graveyard Wait until your second turn to roll around Activate Fire King Avatar Barongs effect in the graveyard and search your deck for Fire King High Avatar Kirin Use Fire King High Avatar Kirins effect to destroy Fire King Avatar Rangbali in the hand to special summon Fire King High Avatar Kirin to the field Finally, combine Fire King High Avatar Kirin and Sacred Fire King Garunix to XYZ summon Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings With this deck being so versatile even the most mediocre hands can become something special if you can put your mind to it

When I first started playing, lands were the first thing I cut