mtg alpha playtest cards Original in Magic: The Gathering: What Are They, and Are They Valuable? The Gamma Orb

5% of Collector Boosters contain a BIG extended-art mythic rare

That's it really, that's the reason this card has gone up in price: massive demand due to synergy with a massively popular EDH pick

This is great generic creature reanimation at instant speed, and it works well in defensive situations or when the creature youre reanimating is something with immediate impact like Griselbrand

Although, it's 3 life and a mana compared to 4 life

It doesn't stop all spells, but it stops enough of any modern deck based on spells that if he sticks they'll be stuck with a hand full of useless cards, and those spells will naturally be the most powerful ones available