Modern MTG asks you to pay 4+ mana to bring a creature from the graveyard to the battlefield, so paying only 1-2 mana is a huge deal
Invoker was banned in 2018, for crimes relating to Zoodiac, and has spent time in jail since then watching its conspirators, Zoodiac Drident & Barrage, now run free
They should have no bends, creases, scratches, marks, white edges, folds, etc
Things are still very much in flux, since the new cards havent had a ton of impact just yet, but the frontrunners are fairly clear at this point
With these new alternatives, Shroud is no longer such an overwhelming powerhouse of an ability, but it still crops up fairly regularly thanks to the enduring popularity of protection cards like Lightning Greaves in the Commander format
It seemed like it might finally break through when Skyclave Apparition entered the format last fall, but once again it faded back to the fringes of the metagame