I also know that I'm in the minority on that opinion, however, so I wasn't surprised to see it here on the list
The price went up on a number of Legacy staples, including Underground Sea, Volcanic Island, Lions Eye Diamond, Force of Will, Rishadan Port, and Wasteland
But the key to the power of this card is that it makes trading impossible for your opponent
Pokemon Go already sees a similar collecting behavior with their players, so this is just a card version of that
The most reliable gameplan is probably to play a bunch of 1/1 token generators, and force opponents to decide whether to block with them or not Flicker spells are a great synergy, and you could feasibly build this as a flicker deck
The current standard Mono-Blue deck uses a high concentration of instant and sorcery spells to control the game's tempo and remove enemy threats from play