It either slows down your opponents or speeds you up
According to many, including Edh.ghost, this is about highlighting the threats of opponents while downplaying your own
While high-dollar cards such as Null Rod (which ices out activated abilities of artifacts) have never seen a reprint and are therefore worth over $85, this card has seen two notable reprints, one in Sixth Edition and one, surprisingly, in Modern Horizons 2
Rather than spreading value evenly across Super Rares, EB-04 concentrates demand into manga rares, secret rares, and special rares, many of which are expected to appear at case-level or lower
Sure, you're only pretending to summon a dragon, but the excitement you feel from casting The second category of opportunities includes things that are risky to do