While this effect is definitely a bit unique, its not uncommon for green spells like Tyrannax Rex, to be uncounterable
If that player discards a land card this way, he or she loses 3 life
The "what if" theme made a lot of different executions possible, so the design team (Bill, Paul Sottosanti, Matt Place and myself) spent a lot of time exploring different design veins
It has a CMC of 6 so they keep revealing cards
Blex, Vexing Pest is an obvious inclusion since it is essentially Blechs predecessor doing a very similar job, while Arasta of the Endless Web keeps creating Spider tokens and Scute Swarm is here because, honestly, how could it not be
If that creature has haste and Super-Adaptoid doesnt, put a haste counter on Super-Adaptoid