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It lets us both shortcut to expensive effects like Bone Miser and Skirge Familiar or rebuild with them after a board wipe, when our other synergies might be temporarily turned off

The monarch status gets you extra cards, and the deathtouch makes opponents balance keeping the crown or keeping their creatures

Not so expensive that collectors hesitated, but substantial enough that resellers could move volume

Each one carries its own collector appeal, and several of them are surprisingly popular in their own right

Competitive decks in the metagame must serve a specific purpose with unique strengths and weaknesses that discourages everyone from just playing the best deck in the format