Cards that remove abilities, like Humility, remove these keyword abilities from your cards
Japanese Pokmon cards are often hailed as the gold standard for collectors the kind of cards that make you stop and say, "Wow
It's far worse than Time Spiral, because Spiral you can use the mana you get back however you want instead of being limited to casting one card, and also you can further abuse the untapped lands with mana doublers like High Tide
The original puts +1/+1 counters on itself based on the number of creatures you control, and the embalmed version does the same
Limited availability and intense international demand continue supporting high market values
You lose some lifegain, but honestly this looks like a significant upgrade to me: being able to play an additional land per turn is well worth the one extra mana to cast