Monastery Swiftspear As one of the best prowess cards in the game, Monastery Swiftspear is the turn 1 drop for nearly any red deck
Black likes to have things to sac, things to do with early mana, and things to discard
Then it looks like this: Now you have a new creature in play, named Autumn-Tail, Kitsune Sage
When paired with consistent graveyard recursion cards found in Commander decks built around creatures like Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Spore Frog can allow its controller to essentially prevent damage that would be dealt to them every turn , keeping them alive long enough to enact whatever shenanigans they have in mind
The hobby went nuts, and fear of missing the boat lead to a lot of cards achieving top prices
No prior knowledge of Magic is needed