First, cards like Pinnacle Starcage, Pyroclasm and Split Up seem like blowouts, and those cards are pretty heavily played in full Standard
The card was banned from Standard in June of 2004, followed by a ban in Extended (the format which evolved into Modern) and Legacy three months later in September
I would have liked to see more cards from the new edition, such as the Cloister Gargoyle, the Delvers Torch, Nadaar, Selfless Paladin, Displacer Beast, or the Triumphant Adventurer
Thanks to the built-in resilience of Earthbending, theres little risk to animating your lands with it
While losing the game sounds like a pretty big downside, you can easily avoid it by just winning in the extra turn