I guess they needed a flavor update, or wanted to add another useful cheap land to the Commander metagame
Despite their recreational purpose, some cards are true works of art in and of themselves

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It mixes token creation with villainous choices as long as you can keep damaging opponents
Moderately Played (MP) copies of this card have sales of $2.75 and up, with lightly played (LP) setting the next benchmark at around three dollars
Because if not that then it seems the real reason to play Curse of Obsession is to curse yourself and have a less killable Avaricious Dragon on your board to get some red card draw going