Its an argument Rosewater has made several times on Blogatog recently, and theres definitely some logic to it
On its own, an opposing player has to look at a card, decide if they want it, toss it or put it on the deck then do it all over again
However, you cant deny the fact that the person in the picture here is being wrapped rather wonderfully
In terms of rarity, base-set cards are where the money is for most collectors, and these cards are the most traded ones in the hobby
Of course, while her eminence ability is the eyebrow-raiser, her other ability is the one that can end games quickly with some spicy combos, as tapping five untapped Wizards to force the target player to lose seven life is pretty trivial in the right circumstances