This has changed in recent years as Wizards of the Coast has been upping the power level of newer sets while also extending the lifetime of cards in Standard, but Standard is still the best format for players wanting swift changes
The fire-breathing art, foiling, and lore appeal have pushed this card into the $300-plus territory at times, depending on the market.
Players can generally figure out how cards work, and the rules team have gotten pretty good at making the official explanations line up with intuition
Think Again There is no obvious reason for WotC to not introduce gift cards to MTGA's store, but its been a persistent problem for years
You don't have to be playing it officially to be playing it
Sorcery Ensnared by the Mara Each opponent faces a villainous choice They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, then you may cast that card without paying its mana cost, or that player exiles the top four cards of their library and Ensnared by the Mara deals damage equal to the total mana value of those exiled cards to that player