Whats the point of putting these cards in the Play boosters if they dont do anything in this format
Not only are you triggering your lifegain synergies, but drawing when you gain 3 is easy to trigger with Food tokens or by attacking with an okay-sized lifelink creature
However, I think that the upsides of stopping or slowing down attackers from the first turn are wonderful
While shes out, any time an opponents creature dies, its exiled with a hit counter
One we get two Lotus Fields on the battlefield, we can usually cast any Ultimatum we happen to draw
The same millennials who collected those cards as kids but didnt hold on to them are now adults with jobs and money to spend, and since social activities, travel, and big-ticket expenses have been largely on pause, it makes sense that some people would invest those excess funds into collectible cardboard