Dragon Shield seals the deal with its price, which budget-constrained MTG players will like
It's the sort of thing that can set everyone's life total to sub ten so you can use Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord to take out the last bit of life
Birds, most of which have Flying , look to grant bonuses to your non-flying critters to attack beside them in battle
But the practice will help you avoid the FOMO of purchasing overpriced cards that already spiked
Cards like Wrath of God and Pyroclasm were the natural enemies of decks full of two-drops, but what good is a Wrath of God if they simply untap and put their creatures back on the table
Sometimes, this is intentional, with Magic taking an ebb and flow approach to set design, with conscious decisions made to bump up the overall power of the game or to decrease it if needed