Some cards are worth pennies, some are worth a few pounds, and the rarest examples can sell for huge amounts
For whatever reason, nothing feels quite as bad in Magic as having drawn the perfect card to defeat your opponent, only for them to force you to discard it
Given that it was one of the few ways to give certain colors anthem effects and mana doubling, there was a strong demand for the card from the Commander crowd
For example, if someone goes and chump blocks your now 3/3 dork you swung with that was 2/2, and then blocks with a 1/1 token, it only sucks up 1 damage and they are now taking 5 to the face
This means that if you draft Abzan, you have a slightly higher chance of being passed strong cards as the draft progresses, since your neighbors will be less interested in them