A Historically Local Market For years, French cards circulated only within the French-speaking ecosystem: France, French-speaking Belgium, and French-speaking Switzerland
You can cast this spell again and again as needed
For elite collectors aiming for the absolute peak of preservation, copies that achieve a perfect gem-mint grading certification easily break past those entry metrics, routinely fetching upwards of $3,500 at premium public auctions
Pay to get the best spell off the top of your opponent's library does so much to mess with their plans and while you won't always hit a jackpot, it's an incredible colorless mana sink that is super powerful
Luckily its a gold card, so its not trivial to cast on Turn 3 unless youre specifically Simic, even though it can (and should) be splashed for most of the time