I blame Nekusar and also the nebulous buyout brigade
Foils are even better value, having shot up from $0.80 to $3.50
Beyond that, I think it has a real chance at breaking into Magics older formats, too
Military police in the Army was my goal, but as I was leaving the Army, I decided to give [game design] a shot and go to Seattle where Wizards was based out of. He hasnt left the game space since
In standard it was the core to the aptly named Puresteel Paladin deck, using its main ability to draw into more action and later on the metalcraft ability to cheat out on some equip costs, but it has also seen play in Cheerios, a deck based around 0 mana artifacts and Paradoxical Outcome to eventually cast Grapeshot, and most recently in Hammer Time, which focuses on Colossus Hammer, where Puresteel Paladin once again comes in to both help circumvent equip costs
And, of course, a lot of Disney