A mox start lets you build up a surge of mana and unleash powerful spells before your opponent has the option of mounting a defense - not counting all the other snazzy things you can trigger by casting an artifact
Buffs like this, with double strike, are all you need
In the past, with Pokmon TCG, you could wait until hype cooled down, and thered usually be plenty of stock available at MSRP
Take one of my Commander decks: It has Command Tower, Tropical Island, Breeding Pool, and Misty Rainforest all in it
Six of the cards in the set introduced a new type of hybrid mana, what we in R&D call "twobrid." Twobrid mana allows you to pay either one mana of a particular color or two mana of any color and/or colorless
These cards, which were distributed worldwide, are still sought after by collectors and have legendary status