I feel like the significant mana costs and overall less value-happy orientation of activated abilities have kept this artifact from becoming a popular darling, but the power is undeniable
The natural scarcity of the Aquapolis set, combined with its age, has made it a very desirable set in the modern age of Pokmon TCG collecting, and just like most releases from that decade, it's considered one of the holy grails in the collectibles space at the moment
Once you have infinite mana with Food Chain (assembled via an enabler like Temur Sabertooth or Emiel the Blessed, you use your outlet to cast Pantlaza, Sun-Favored an infinite number of times until you discover into Walking Ballista, which youll put into your hand instead of casting, then cast an infinitely large Ballista to win the game with
Meanwhile, more established players probably know that Masters sets at Wal-Mart and Target are selling for close to double what you'd pay online, which makes it hard to buy a pack, even on impulse
In short, to keep Magic: The Gathering fresh you have to play it competitively, in draft formats and playing within a single set or at least within the current standard (the last 3 sets + the core set for the year) In comes MTG: Arena
