A 6/6 naturally survives more combat situations, damage-based sweepers, and removal spells
Being able to bring back a historic permanent, putting yourself further ahead
But older white cards such as Divine Intervention take this philosophy in weird directions
To create more 1/1s on a faster scale, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon is an excellent addition since it automatically creates 1/1 Gnomes with each combat
Market value is $25, and seems fairly stable right now as well, albeit the foil version fetches 10x that, with listings up to $250 at TCGPlayer right now
Wait, wait, please dont take out your pitchforks after a cursory look at the entries just yet