Since all Modern cards should pass through Standard at a given point, WotC was having trouble feeding the format with new cards or reprints, since cards like Tarmogoyf and Cryptic Command would be too powerful for Standard (were talking about the 2013 MTG era, keep in mind)
Your Prerelease Packalong with basic lands provided by your local game storecontains everything you need to build your deck
As the first modern trading card game, Magic: The Gathering holds a special place among collectors, as its inception birthed an entirely new genre of gaming
This was a reprint that needed to happen, because 23 years is more than long enough for a card to go without a widely available reprint
with designs like this, white could never get ahead on mana, it could only ever get to parity at best
I dont know why anyone should put a Noble Hierarch for sale at 70 a piece, when plenty of ones that actually sell are closer to 40