They are designed to create a luxury market that, and in effect, helps keep the price of regular cards lower for the average player
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Next week, starting Monday, well be going over the remaining colors (and more) one article at a time, basically until the release of Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Consequently, investors have focused their attention toward VMAX, Full Art, and Secret Rare cards due to their scarcity and desirability
In a 1v1 format, this difference doesnt matter so much
The mana investment required to transform Norm might keep him out of many Constructed formats, but I'll note there is a lot of discard synergy in Standard at the moment