At the time, there were all kinds of people - those who just wanted to collect and display cards, others that used them as investments, and even some who would open pack after pack on the spot to see if they got lucky
While you do have to sacrifice a creature to get this effect, its still useful at worst and abuseable at best
To give you an idea of the volume of cards eBay processes, some quick facts can be found below: Over 57 million trading cards sold on eBay since 2020 Trading Card Growth By State Montana- 482% Oregon- 399% Florida- 332% California- 332% Nevada- 326% Minnesota- 322% New Jersey- 288% Massachusetts- 287% Michigan- 283% Vermont- 270% 2021s Most Notable Trading Card Sales 1993 Magic The Gathering MTG Alpha Black Lotus R A AUTO PSA 10 GEM MINT ($511,100) 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady ROOKIE RC AUTO #144 PSA 10 GEM MINT ($555,988) 1996 Topps Chrome Refractor Kobe Bryant ROOKIE RC #138 PSA 10 GEM MINT ($500,000) 1998 Pokemon Japanese Promo Holo Illustrator Pikachu PSA 7 NRMT ($375,000) 2006 Pokemon World Championships Promo No
Here, the requirements to combo off include milling Pili-Pala or Basalt Monolith (to give Trazyn a self-untap ability) plus any artifact which can tap to produce more than three mana at a time, producing a profitable mana loop
