These imported cards are popular for their exclusive artwork, earlier release dates, and high print quality
Rare cards, like the first-edition Charizard, fetch thousands at auctions, turning cards into coveted assets
The cards most powerful trick is tapping a bunch of creatures to Convoke it, then sacrificing said creatures with Bidding on the stack, to immediately bring them back and re-use all their enters and dies effects
For online Magic, where changing a card can be done by altering some lines of code, this is much more common
As Magics published fiction moved to mainly digital, it isnt too much of a surprise that these have disappeared from newer bundles
Foil cards are more likely to be dinged on surface grading since the foiling on cards can scratch or dull easily