The same is true of delve cards
Whether you look for a flare as a free spell, a fetch land, or a feline (namely Ocelot Pride), you could land on a great boost for your Modern deck
(To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.) Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Rampant Growth Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle
Even the weakest of these, Sword of Body and Mind, delivers incredible value far in excess of these costs, making the swords highly sought after for a wide variety of decks
The combination of board interaction and hand disruption makes this a powerful control card
If you simply cast this spell from your hand for 3 mana, it will deal 2 damage to each opponent and each creature they control