Notably, the card contains an artistic error: Alakazam is missing the star on its forehead (present on Kadabra) because Sugimori mistook the mark for shading when finalizing the official artan original design oversight that makes the card historically valuable
its perfect for landfall decks
Landfall - Whenever a land you control enters, another target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn
A late-game Cyclonic Rift may as well be a proper board wipe, as it forces you to discard multiple cards to the hand size limit unless you can somehow manage to pay enough mana to re-cast all your permanents
Smaller graders exist and remain active, but their influence on Pokmon resale markets stays limited
Some of Jace's competition, on the other hand, has been more long-lastingespecially Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, which, a full 15 years after it was first released, is still the biggest, baddest, most broken creature that Magic has ever produced, as a 15/15 flyer that annihilates your opponent's board when it attacks and gives you an extra turn when you cast it