Using cultural events as a signal is one of the most strategic and best ways to sell Pokmon cards for peak visibility and price
Kids growing up in the 90's will recall the immense popularity of the Pokemon franchise, with one of the more popular components surrounding the craze being the collectible trading cards
In 1999 however, a Pikachu from the Pokmon Snap Nintendo 64 competition was printed in the Japanese Corocoro magazine, and it had a black camera stamp on the artwork
Animists effect also means that simply playing aggressively even attacking with weenies grants you a slow but steady source of increased mana income per turn, allowing you to play more cards or get your big pieces on the field faster
Cards like Cultivate that tutor up a land definitely should count towards our metric of "seeing more cards per game", but sometimes you just want to see what's on the top of the deck
Demand, not scarcity, is the ultimate driver of price