Spiceworks Community my precioussss has been found
I play a Rakdos sacrifice deck in Commander, and you can bet that I'll be hoping to pick Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER for my deck once its price [hopefully] settles down
Damaged copies start at around $50, while NM copies will fetch the market price
It simply caters to the needs of different trainers: both casual and competitive players of the TCG scene.
If card selection alone isn't worth the cost, the "negative tempo" of spending mana on cantrips is usually negated by the virtual mana gained from casting a 5/6 for two mana, which makes cantrips deceptively powerful even beyond their more obvious uses
The franchise has only grown since then but, where the trading cards are concerned, things have taken an unexpected and unfortunate turn