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Commander decks could certainly afford more expensive options, but the cheap cost allowed this card to see a good amount of Standard play
This scarcity has driven its valuation to monumental heights on secondary index registries, with verified Near Mint copies consistently going for around $2,575 on platforms like TCGplayer
If you have some Standard staples that will be rotating soon, you should try and trade them before rotation: Their prices will usually drop post-rotation
Basically, the TLDR is that you can build an almost infinite number of really fun, solid, and competitive Commander decks for free with the help of the card-rental programs
Thanks to its rarity and backstory, collectors view it as a prototype holy grail