(Unsurprisingly, the Vs and VMAXs are all Ice Rider Calyrex.) The other reason, which ties into the higher price tag quite tidily, is that these are strong enough decks to be used competitively pretty much right out of the box
The ruled lines on the trimmer base clearly show how the playing card is held in a slightly angled position
When an MTG Battle card is played, its controller chooses a player to be its protector (there are restrictions on this depending on the Battle type)
Granting yourself protection from everything is a huge reason to play the card, especially if you can bounce and recur it multiple times, but the ability to draw cards (even if the life loss mounts each time you do) pushes The One Ring up to one of the best Artifacts printed in Magic's history
I'm not exactly traveling to Grands Prix or MagicFests monthly
Players must also have even more copies to upgrade their cards all the way through the flair system, which only works on a single card and not both of the remaining copies