Effect on Limited Uncommon is for cards that players tend to build around in Limited
While banned cards, such as the Black Lotus, remain expensive to acquire (even in unplayable, reprinted form), cards still legal for use in MTGs most popular formats often make a return in the card games latest sets
That also ignores Ancient Tomb damage, missing a coin flip on Mana Crypt, Mana Vault tinging and so forth
On top of forcing your opponents to sacrifice their valuable creatures, dealing two damage for every instant or sorcery spell in our graveyard is an easy mechanic to abuse
we want to have exciting cards at higher rarities to collect, and the bigger effects tend to be more exciting and splashy
Magics identity has traditionally been rooted in original settin