If I buy a card, with a certain reason or a timeframe, then that reason or time passes by without the spike, then yeah, I want to move on from it
I need a reason to play this legendary artifact, maybe a strong ability in the command zone like that of Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant, but its also a serviceable mana sink
Now, if you have a ton of bulk from years gone by, you may find some of these cards lying around, but there's still a reasonable investment required to build a truly powerful Edgar Markov Commander deck
Dex 52 Cards Most Expensive Rocket's Zapdos ex $608.57 Zapdos ex $375.18 Zapdos $258.37 Distribution by Rarity
With life being a resource people don't want to invest in getting it becomes much cheaper to have as an extra on a card and offers big returns for the small investment