Meta shifts, ban announcements, Secret Lair drops, Commander hype cycles - Magic card prices are constantly in motion
It's the only one to make two mana, but it's the harder to use colorless
Notably, they can't choose a word that's only in the artwork or artist credit
That idea of a spellslinger playstyle is deeply entrenched in the Magic zeitgeist, and making it the central focus across the entire set really grounds us in Strixhaven just like artifact-themed mechanics do for Mirrodin
Marvels Spider-Man was a critical flop in the opinion of many Magic: The Gathering players, but that hasnt stopped Collector Booster Displays from selling through to collectors and speculators whore hoping to beat the odds and pull The Soul Stone, or its four and five-figure variants
The perfect card for players who want to bide their time building an army in Commander before dropping a huge creature to power up your board