Even that was mostly trying to give protection to something not covered by normal protection from colors since, in the early days, all artifacts were colorless
people wanted them, and would do anything to get a hold of them
It's a great split card
Gitaxian Probe + Mishra's Bauble Let's put it this way: A cantrip that you can pay for with life rather than mana, and tells you what your foe's up to, is so fundamentally broken that Gitaxian Probe is banned in Modern and Legacy, and it's also restricted in Vintage, where it's no stranger to top-tier decks
I figure it was only fair to have one card reward, um, let's call it experience
Even the much cheaper English variations of the Traveling Chocobo can range anywhere between $700 all the way up to $900, with no signs of slowing down, easily surpassing any other card in the set by a landslide