There are some really awful planeswalkers out there that have utterly unusable ultimates that we will never see because of their multiple levels of awful
Basic Lands Players need basic lands to build their decks
When you see it stamped in silver (for uncommons), gold (for rares), or orange-red (for mythic rares), it serves as a visual stamp showing that the card is a core piece of comic book history translated into tabletop strategy
I've built Crocodile decks, Guardian decks (no longer valid), Griffins, and more
There's almost no chance you're going to remember every trainer's name, especially if you only engage with certain Pokemon media
As with the white version, getting rid of anything allows this green instant to make the cut in cEDH decks, but costing and gifting our foes a 3/3 makes it unplayable in 60-card main decks