Nowadays, its played mostly to fight Crashing Footfalls and Living End due to the printing of Force of Negation and Shardless Agent, making cascade decks tier 1
There are many other reasons besides mana consistency why Fetch Lands are so good
On the vintage side, 1st Edition Base Set cards particularly Charizard are among the most valuable collectibles in the entire hobby
I played as a purely casual player for a couple of years when I first got into Magic , and while we had free mulligans and no clue about formats, we still wouldn't let people play with silver-bordered cards
Since MTG has shown a good yield over time, it has been an ideal vehicle for parking money
While it's not unusual to have to pay three Tribute to bring a Synchro, Xyz or Link Summon monster into play, those monsters are in the Extra deck, not the main deck