Japan has seen expansions like this before, but it is the first time The Pokmon Company has released one in its English catalog
Unlike other sources of ramp, like creatures or artifacts that tap for mana, lands are very difficult to remove from the battlefield, and unlike temporary ramp, like Dark Ritual, extra lands continue to provide an advantage turn after turn
One of them is Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph, which says that if a source deals exactly one damage it deals two more to the same target, effectively amplifying Nivs pinging abilities
I think Ramp decks will be a big part of the metagame moving forward, and Beneath the Sands will be a part of it
The word omitted here is combat: while the vast majority of kindred commanders care about their chosen creature type dealing combat damage to a player, Malcolm and Breeches do not