Once youre in for even one poison counter on an opponent you can just use your host of proliferate effects to tick them up to a loss
It is wear-resisting, and far more durable than boxes made by plastic or cardboard
And there's also a lot of people building decks out of collections that include old precon cards, meaning they're more likely to be picked out of a box and put into a deck, as well
While they make great investments with solid price trajectories and ubiquity scores, the bang for your buck is so lackluster that they simply arent worth considering (at least, not at the beginning)
Brainstorm Brainstorm is arguably the best card selection spell ever and a definite top contender among the best blue cards MTG players frequently use for deck manipulation
The answer came from Bill Rose, the current VP of R&D and former Head Designer/Developer