Even commodities with clear levels of use-value demand like gasoline, eggs, or palladium fluctuate in price for similar reasons, a combination of demand, investment speculation, and, if not always nostalgia, at least some form of emotional connection to a product that seems stronger than its value in use or consumption
Their value is in its purest form
You can get so much value out of recurring creatures in Commander, so this is a great option for decks that want to see creatures hit the graveyard or those looking to reuse enters-the-battlefield (ETB) abilities after creatures have died
From card draw to mana production to Commander damage with Trample, Baylen adds both value and payoffs and is a supremely effective centerpiece for a Naya deck
It also can deal its full payload of damage immediately with much greater consistency in goblins than in other decks making it able to take out bigger things
However, they have an alternate cost in addition to ink