These weren't the only Secret Rares during that era, as Golden Trainer cards featured throughout the whole block and early sets included Golden Energy cards
You can usually force the issue with something like Blasphemous Act or Star of Extinction, but simply controlling a creature like Spitemare, Brash Taunter, or Phyrexian Vindicator stops your opponent in their tracks
The current price is probably just an artifact of preorder prices
Thats not an effect youre used to seeing casually in the 99
Dimir Control takes second place, and the remaining two decks have little place in the Pioneer meta
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