It stands out from the rest thanks to a ton of unique digital-only cards that often have random effects, manipulate your deck in ways that you wont be able to otherwise, and the ability to just make cards appear from thin air
With decades of history in the games fabric before it even hit the internet, Magic already had an enormous fanbase and plenty of experience in monetising itself
The effect turns a regular creature into an Artifact Creature, which in this case involves being locked in a huge jar filled with green sci-fi fluid, only receiving nourishnment from that flask of red fluid that's stuck straight into its mouth
Mystic Confluence One of the strongest big counterspells, a common play pattern of Mystic Confluence is to counter a spell and draw two cards for insane card advantage
This number is significant to neo-Nazis because it references the white supremacist slogans of 14 words and Heil Hitler (H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, so it can be represented by 88)