This card shines when you have lots of creatures entering the battlefield though, either in a blink deck or a tokens deck
Part of the reason for this card's missing market price is its rarity, but the other portion can be attributed to its condition, which can shift this card's value by hundreds, if not thousands of dollars
I think this is a bad Draugr Necromancer but I have been mostly keeping that opinion to myself
The Quiet Years (20002003) After the disasters that were Urza's block and Tempest block, Wizards seemed to learn their lesson and change philosophies when it came to Standard: rather than printing any crazy thing that popped into their head, they would actually try to design cards in a way that would reduce (and hopefully eliminate) the need to ban cards in Standard
Bloodroot Apothecary is a solid companion to infect that locks out some token sacrificing strategies
Ill-Gotten Gains The card used to be a good storm extender years ago, but has fallen out of favour in established storm decks such as ANT or TES