There was a limited supply, it was never going to be reprinted, it was tied into a real world event, and it featured Godzilla art
Commander games just end too fast for this card these days, and I think Id rather be doing a lot of other things on turn 3 if I drew this card
These are the tools to pin enemy midrange and control decks between a rock and a hard place
Like other foils, oil slick foils are prone to curling if they arent properly stored
Magic is dead. The same thing happened with the energy counters from Kaladesh , the double-faced cards from Innistrad , phyrexian mana, planeswalkers, border changes, the introduction of Standard, and even the introduction of the 60-card deck limit