In April 2024, a PSA 8 near-mint/ mint example sold at auction for $58,560
This card has two strikes against it: it costs triple blue to cast (just like cousin bombs Arcanis and Future Sight from this block) and blue is generally a weak color in Onslaught/Legions/Scourge
The floor of this card is a more pip-intensive Diabolic Tutor, which doesn't sound great, unless it sounds amazing (Hi K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth), but is still not bad
Magic booster packs usually sell for $3-4 each, so you're basically paying $4-8 extra for a deck box, some basic lands, some commons and uncommons to start a few basic decks, and some tips on deck building a good deal for a relative newcomer to Magic wanting to take the next step
Our opponents might enjoy drawing a bunch of cards per turn, but Nekusar will punish them harder and harder as our engine grows stronger
That was true for many years until Darksteel , where we printed a card called Shield of Kaldra