They didnt lend to the games traditionally high-fantasy trappings
Considering that Lorcana can sometimes suffer from players not having enough cards to do anything with on a turn to turn basis, that ability is likely to be incredibly useful
is also discounted as part of the Duskmourn Commander Deck bundle at Amazon, which is currently down to $189.20 for four decks (dropping from $242.97)
It doesnt show up as much these days since creatures are a lot bigger and decks are a lot faster, not to mention that a number of other cards may have been banned
Planes usually have two important parts: A main ability which can be a continuous effect, such as Tazeem in Zendikar (whose ability is that creatures can't block while this plane is active), or a triggered ability, such as Undercity Reaches from Ravnica (which allows the controller to draw a card each time one of their creatures deals combat damage to a player)
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