Early buyers and competitive players panicked and paid massive premiums of over $100 to secure what they assumed would be a permanently scarce chase piece for both binders and tournament decks
Now the glue that holds this hybrid strategy together is up next, and thats Dark Magician the Ebon Sorcerer (YGOrg Translation)
In conjunction with cards like Energy Switch and Sparkling Crystal, this also makes it an incredibly efficient attacker in some situations
For more veteran players, or for players who are hosting a night of Magic games, the booster boxes offer a chance to pick up packs of sets that you can open en masse and increase your odds of getting some of the rarer sets or just throw your own booster draft tournaments
It's not uncommon to get multiple copies of X-Saber Airbellum onto the field, allowing you to loop the opponent's hand before going into Rank Three Monsters
Wizards are certainly incentivizing players to pick boxes