Their visual novelty was seen as a big plus, and the fact that one card had two different spells on it, each with their own name, was seen as exciting new mechanical space
Since Ghalta costs X less to cast, where X is the total power of Creatures you control, your normal Green game plan of playing mana dorks and cheap, oversized Creatures naturally brings this cost down early
Love the JoJo pose that second artwork does as it confronts a magician
Now is the best time to jump in before that happens
Adding cards like Faithless Looting and Thrill of Possibility let you move through your deck and discard big threats into the graveyard
074 Gengar (Miss Fortunes Sisters) Charm, Clover, and Coin are the Miss Fortune trio of bandits