When you trade, you really only have the option of looking at exactly what they have, and then they need to want something that you have, and then the values of those items needs to be equal (heaven forbid it be even $2 off, otherwise no deal!)
Despite the high price tag, the transaction volume remains highproof that serious investors are still buying
Wither originally started to take shape as curse, an ability on creatures where theyd curse creatures they did combat with by putting -1/-1 counters on them
Basically you play Talismans when you want to fix colour and things like Mindstone when you don't care about colours
No combos, no tricks, just giant Eldrazi turning sideways and triggering annihilator
This along with normal full arts already having rainbow variants really bloated up sets from now having a handful for all the pokemon to 1-2 dozen a set