Resource Lock Banette ex can make use of its Everlasting Darkness attack to prevent the opponent from making use of any Item cards they may have in their hand, slowing down their strategy and potentially preventing them from keeping pace in the Prize trade
Auction house premium: Heritage Auctions and PWCC command 10-20% premiums over eBay for high-end Base Set cards due to authentication guarantees and collector audience
Lot of resources are explaining this power scale and try to help you rank your deck against this power scale: MTG Rocks | How to Assess an MTG Commander Power Level The Command Zone #295 | How to Determine Your Decks Power Level The Nitpicking Nerds Power Level Scale (1-10) | How Strong is your Commander Deck
Its borders are the regular blue backgrounds, but the image shows a green-skinned spellcaster raising his arms as a spell falls flat in front of his face
That said even if you consider it as a 4-mana card its still very strong and you really want to pick it early
smpratte guesses that the card went missing at the New York GSP office when someone noted the insured value of the package, but theres no proof of that
