This card remained one of the most expensive pieces, as it is an extremely generic black card that can also reduce the cost of other characters for easy removal
Clones that can copy any creature always perform super well, because they'll always be the best creature on the board -- and the Renew ability has a fine baseline of buffing something, and sometimes it'll be downright absurd
Even something as simple as a Leechridden SwampLeechridden Swamp activation will get you a counter
This process may take some time, but researching cheaper alternatives pays off
Today, most counterfeit cards are designed to pass various tests like the bend test and the light test, and some look almost exactly like the real thing, even upon close inspection (unless you're going really deep and using a jeweler's loupe, which is a good way to weed out fakes but too much work for the average player)