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This is where most creators make a critical mistake: Resolution

Works interestingly for cascade and discover, as well

That makes Recoil one of those cards that has a hard time being bad until the point when your opponent has extra lands they can hold in their hand in order to discard them, at which point most decks that run Recoil are either using that as an excuse to crank up the discard engine or more likely happy enough to have survived this long that they don't care

See this heavily banned Jeremy Neeman list that might have been the most busted deck at the first super-busted Modern Pro Tour in 2011

Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian Color tag templates(None) Locust Miser Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by two