Radiant Lotus The Lotus name, as well as the Mox name in MTG, are very prestigious, and people expect Radiant Lotus to be broken in some way
FromTheShire: Very nice to be able to manipulate the top of the planar deck, there can be things that reset the game at the worst time for you or give your opponents a big advantage, so having the choice is great
He also reduces the cost to sacrifice Food by , so he's provides a bit of a Familiar effect (Nightscape Familiar, etc.)
Tom sold it in 2001 to a private collector for $17.500
Youve got a number of cards that are dead in certain matchups and are very reliant on Chalice of the Void and Blood Moon being effective against your opponent so you can get your planeswalkers online
Of course, building Death and Taxes on a budget means we are missing some key cards common in non-budget builds, like Aether Vial and some rare lands