since its colorless, it can slot into any deck as a ramp piece, and it just gets better the more focused on lands or equipment your deck gets
The special edition sets, like the various Universes Beyond crossover releases featuring properties like Lord of the Rings and Final Fantasy, tend to generate the strongest secondary market premiums
It was only sold in Japan, in January, 2025, for a very limited time and in very limited quantity
For the design, I knew I wanted it to be the evilest of evil creatures to play against the innocence of the drawing
Lands specifically being so simple is a big reduction in mental load, and while there are technically differences between the back (Plain ETB tapped vs ETB tapped unless you pay 3 life), it's not enough that I would (for eg) only run one of those kinds if the front faces both felt right
Now that the set has launched, however, demand for this card has absolutely skyrocketed