Unlike the other tutor effects, Search for Glory also nets you life gain equal to the amount of snow mana spent to cast it, which can be greatly beneficial after possibly taking a turn off from establishing permanents onto the battlefield
My guess is that, deep down, people just prefer games to end in a dramatic flurry of activity rather than a stultified freeze even if that activity is all coming from one person
I ended up down to these by the week of the Pro Tour: Allies Burn (two varieties) Grixis Control Lantern Control Soul Sisters Why these decks
the only thing missing is a desktop version of the collector
Precons are instant fun
Another of the cards, this one graded as a PSA 9, has just sold for a flat $4,000,000 on eBay, reaffirming it as the most valuable Pokmon card of all