While Rhystic Study provides consistent long-term value, Mystic Remora offers explosive short-term gains that can establish commanding positions in the crucial opening turns of Commander games
It may be difficult to tell zoomed out, but you can see parts of the card art which is actually hidden behind the card art border
While the variance can mean whiffing a bit, there are ways and decks capable of doing such things
They're the fuel that drives the game if you don't have lands, you're not getting anywhere
It is this insurance style of use that helps reduce random screws deciding games however it probably doesn't outweigh the increase of random wins from when it is being used in its intended capacity, the old turn one Mox, Slith Firewalker on the play used to be so good
Core set rares tend to be more valuable since less packs are opened, so I could see this staying in the $10 range for quite a while