Someone working a full-time job at $15 / hour could quite literally spend every penny that they made during the entire year on Magic cards and still wouldn't be able to buy a single copy of every unique card printed in 2020
Opponents who fail to remove this creature on the same turn it enters the battlefield will have a very difficult time getting rid of it, and that's exactly the kind of threat aggressive decks love to play
In general, your prioritization of one-drops should be based on how aggressive your deck is
You know exactly what youre getting when you put Temple of Malady in your deck: You hope to get it early, and it helps you dig for your best cards
It stands out as a high point that I dont know has been equaled since and I feel that some of that comes down to the choice of tribes in this expansion and the direction the product would take in the coming years
(2026-03-20) If a prepared creature loses all abilities, it won't stop being prepared, and nothing will happen to its alternative characteristics or to the copy of its prepare spell in exile