The extra cost provides a finality that no board wipe has known
Yes, rarity matters, but a card's financial value is driven by two things: collectability and playability
The so called "foil loophole" is especially interesting and might be the easiest way to solve our current Reserved Listdriven price problem
Ive seen it work wonders in Cosima, God of the Voyage decks in particular, though any decks with lands in the graveyard will make great use of them
Besides all sixteen new cards I've talked about (you get one of each except five of Underdome), the set includes 70 reprints from Unglued , Unhinged , and Unstable , most of which have never been reprinted before, ten full-art lands (two cycles worthone foil and one non-foil), and 60 standard-frame basic lands with all-new art (twelve of each basic land type)