In short, you can completely counter a group of spells in one cast, make combat way more confusing or straight-up win a game with just this card
4 Alien, True Believer (Enchanted) $293.52 The artwork truly sells this Toy Story card, having the Alien from the iconic film front and center, hanging upside down from the vines growing out of a plant
Stack them so it puts all the permanents into play first to get their ETB triggers, and then exiles them again, to produce more tokens and set you up to do it again the next turn
Or slot Gadrak into Marchesa, the Black Rose, put +1/+1 counters on your creatures and then sacrifice them, getting those creatures back but making treasures in the process
Still, theres something to be said for cards that make your deck more consistent, so weve seen lots of players opt for 16 lands with 2 cyclers rather than 17 lands (like in Duskmourn )
If youd asked anyone in 2018 or 2019 which mechanics theyd expect to see come back to Magic: The Gathering , they almost certainly wouldnt have said phasing