Character popularity: Lillie, N, Iono, and Hop bring strong fanbases that elevate their cards desirability
Ebay charges a flat 10 percent "final value" fee on each item you sell, so if you sell a $100 card, it is automatically knocked down to $90
Drowned Rusalka's ability has a cost of paying one blue and sacrificing a creature, with the effect then being to discard a card and draw a card
For IP-based games operating in a privacy-constrained UA environment, this organic multiplier effect becomes increasingly strategic
Popular Skyridge Cards: Celebi Charizard Crobat Golem Ho-Oh Kabutops Skyridge only received a single print, so Skyridge packs and cards are extremely rare, making the value of this set unbelievably high
While menace wouldnt be introduced into the game until Fallen Empires , Richard Garfield built Magic on a card-to-card basis with little worry about keeping the terminology of the game tight