Now that you know the backstories, look for From The Vault: Lore at your local game store on August 19
In the past couple of week several more sacrifice decks featuring the land as a one-of have posted finishes on Magic Online or in small paper tournaments, which bodes well for the card's future playability
Its a solid budget card for when you need an extra lifegain trigger, a mana dork, or an artifact creature for abilities like affinity or delirium
Robins is open to the idea, it seems: "It meshes really well with D&D feel and flavor, but if the right opportunity emerges, we might use it, or something similar, for another Magic set." Personally, I hope so Venture and Dungeons don't just feel like a great fit for a D&D crossover, but feel like brilliantly tricky new Magic mechanics in their own right
Archers remind me of minotaurs pre- Theros when Didgeridoo was the only incentive to play them, and people would play really bad cards like Hurloon Minotaur
Then you can disguise this for three mana to give it some ward protection and reveal on a later turn