ETBs were selling for three, four, five times their MSRP
In addition to those six cards, we've also got a first look at two "Source Material" cards, which can be found in main set booster packs but are only legal in formats where they were already available
Theres numerous ways to use the box once opened too, thanks to the sturdiness of the magnetised cover
For only two-mana, this spell provides a powerful alternative if Counterspell is not needed or unavailable
A flurry of desirable expansions were released around that time, and coupled with the nostalgia of the Celebrations set, popularity exploded
The rest of the deck is cheap removal and card draw that trigger all of our Wizards, so once we build up a big board of black mage Wizard tokens, we should be able to sling enough spells to kill our opponent pretty quickly, while cards like Burst Lightning and Go for the Throat help keep our opponent's creatures off the battlefield