Many of them weren't that great even at the time, and only some have any amount of serious historical pedigree
After that, you can play a 5/5 that taps for 5, and while it cant pay for generic costs, knocking out colored mana costs will still put you far ahead even if you only use 3-4 mana
The extra card in play boosters has a chance of being a token, marketing card, or art card
How about if you could freely put artifacts and creatures from your hand into play
Secret Rendezvous can help you negotiate with your opponents to see who wants to draw a few extra cards in exchange for political favors or other benefits over your other opponents
502.15b During each player's untap step, before the active player untaps his or her permanents, all permanents with phasing the player controls phase out