Its stats are decent, its easy to crew, and it ramps you every time it attacks
Cards on this list include things like Ancestral Recall, the Moxes (Mox Jet, Mox Sapphire, Mox Ruby, Mox Emerald, and Mox Pearl), Time Walk, and the famous Black Lotus
They have a very similar setup with price history, and use an escrow system so buyers are much better protected
So my advice to you would be to wait rather than attempting to buy on day one at a hobby shop or even Walt Disney World and Disneyland
In most scenarios, it is best to let the ward trigger offer the cost to your opponent, if they pay that cost, you can still counter the removal spell or ability since they go on the stack like other effects
At worst, its counter something unless they pay two and the choosing of the spell might get around a few corner cases