Pokemon cards I think are similar, we within the hobby know that other pokemon cards exist however, since its recognised by the wider audience for the reason of popularity its hard to argue the other fact
This foil promo version of Gaea's Cradle is a stunning card in all fairness, and has its non-foil counterpart from Urza's Saga beaten for value by over $12,000
When you think about it, trading card games may have originated this lucrative and arguably exploitive economic model
If Experiment One were destroyed this turn, it would be regenerated as usual
As for how that color choice influenced his art, we did ask for his sword, Glamdring, to have bluish energy, and the setting of Moria lends a red glow to everything