Because of the newness of the format, it's really difficult to learn much from these bannings, and things are further complicated by the fact that in the early years of the format, Wizards used a restricted list (much like we have in Vintage today, where you can only play one copy of a restricted card in a deck) alongside the banned list, and while many cards were restricted in the early years (Balance, Fork, Zuran Orb, Black Vise, Land Tax, Hymn to Tourach, and Strip Mine), only two were outright banned
This talent sees some play with Omniscience in Standard
Although it's a bit costly mana-wise, the price of admission is more than worth it
Its very easy to roll 6 or higher when you pair it with cards that roll a d20, and getting 3/3s alongside Treasure is a very good payoff indeed
Foil $2 : Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature and/or Vehicle you control
It turned into a permanent with mana value 0