A common concern at the time was making sure that players had some way to still impact the later turns of the game
Whether itll establish a real foothold in the Modern metagame remains to be seen, but in the meantime, its great to see a new set inspire such wanton deckbuilding innovation
For starters, there's a whole lot of potential in the card itself, even if you want to just opt for the equally as beautiful, if a little less expensive, Legendary variant (which is valued at just under $6 right now)
On a naked board, you can toss a +1/+1 counter on something
Many key Legacy lands are on the reserved list, for example, so a Legacy manabase can easily cost more than $2000.) Aware of this history, Wizards played it safe with MM1: conservative print runs, and an MSRP of $7 per pack, in the hopes of making a limited-release reprint set that wouldnt crater existing card prices