There might be minor scuffing or scratches in the card, particularly with foils
Ad Nauseam and other mass-draw effects scoop up huge portions of the deck and win from there
It can't get any rarer than this - when only one copy of a given card exists, you know it's uniquely special
and Smash, which can respectively deal two or three damage to a single character, Grab Your Sword is an effective way of whittling down enemy characters willpower before finishing them off with another attack or challenge - leaving the field open for you to quest your way to victory
Blastoise commands serious money in high grades, particularly Shadowless copies
Even if you're not lucky enough to be playing against a token deck, it's incredibly troublesome to track -1/-1 counters on creatures and every player with a creature on the battlefield will have to do so