Mothras nonfoil variant hasnt seen a huge spike, but the market value of around $35 appears to represent the cards value pretty strongly
The exile effect makes this removal genuinely permanent , bypassing indestructible, regeneration, and graveyard recursion strategies
It gets them thinking 'Ah, this must be that dungeon in the game ' It's simply wonderful." A fair number of cards from the Final Fantasy set also recycled some of Nomuras previous art work for the video games
Cards like Thundermaw Hellkite are fantastic threats too, and great finishers, but they rarely do the whole job, they rely on other cards having done a lot of prior work
Emeritus of Abundance Emeritus of Abundance is the most literal interpretation of Regrowth on a stick in Magic, and its quite impressive
With Blightbelly Rat thrown in the mix youd kill your opponent in 10 turns with poison damage (because of toxic 1) and combat damage (because the creature has 2 power)