Heading into the release of LCI , Balan, Wandering Knight had a secondary market price of around $18
If you spend a turn playing Waste Not, thats extra time your opponent has to get a threat on the field before you can wipe away their hand
With great artwork and flavor text on the original Urzas Saga printing, its no surprise that its a sought-after card that anchors a strong archetype in the ultra-powerful Legacy format that allows you to cheat massive threats into play way ahead of schedule

5 Traditional foil borderless scene rares (12.36%) 1 Traditional foil borderless scene mythic rare (1.24%) 1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rarecan be any of the following: 32 Traditional foil rares (82.05%) 14 Traditional foil mythic rares (17.95%) 1 Non-foil extended-art rare or mythic rarecan be any of the following: 16 Non-foil extended-art rares (97%) 1 Non-foil extended-art mythic rare (3.0%) 1 Traditional foil rare or mythic rare that's an alternate-frame, extended-art, or borderless card, or one of the following: 2 Traditional foil borderless rares (4.95%) 8 Traditional foil borderless mythic rares (9.91%) 14 Traditional foil showcase memory corridor rares (34.67%) 5 Traditional foil showcase memory corridor mythic rares (6.19%) 16 Traditional foil extended-art rares (39.62%) 1 Traditional foil extended-art mythic rare (1.24%) 5 Textured foil showcase memory corridor mythic rares (3.25%) 4 Double rainbow serialized cards (500 of each) 1 Foil-etched rare or mythic rarecan be any of the following: 32 Foil-etched rares (82.05%) 14 Foil-etched mythic rares (17.95%) 1 Traditional foil double-sided token *Note: Probabilities may not sum to 100% due to rounding

This same dynamic can be seen throughout the year: Aetherdrift 's lack of identity leading to Tarkir: Dragonstorm being somewhat all over the place with half-baked mechanics
Either way, the art is incredible and one of my favorite pieces in the collection