Most notably, perhaps, it represented Magics first block (or one large set with two related smaller sets following it), which dominated the design and play of Magic for over 20 years
It serves as both a ramp spell and something to ramp into that helps bridge the mid-game before you start casting massive monsters
I think that they both cancel out each other's weaknesses
They searched far and wide, but since everyone else was looking, too, the demand skyrocketed the card all the way to a hefty $15,000 market value
In the next few weeks I should be cracking open the Commander 2017 precons I got at Christmas, but my last semester of college prevented me from opening, this skeleton will likely be a big project coming out of the vampire deck and I am physically excited to get around to it
This combined with its low rate made the card weaker than it looked