The copy that sold for $16,100 in 2019 wasnt just any Alpha Balanceit was a BGS 9.5-graded near-gem specimen, a level of condition that is almost unheard of for a trading card from the games first print run
Man would I kill for official numbers or a statement about the distribution of this set, but were never gonna get it
In terms of competitive impact, this is probably the most powerful of the most expensive MTG Common cards
A good sideboard card for crushing slow creature based decks with at least and of course another premium EDH tool
While changes to older, non-rotating formats are fairly common, the banning of cards in Standard is incredibly rare, and Wizards does its best to avoid them
How we pack your sleeves: We us a paper based packaging