Heres my honest answer after years of watching this market: Yes, but only if you treat it like a serious hobby with investment potentialNOT a get-rich-quick scheme
Thats all the more odd when you note it comes from artist Kinu Nishimura, who has only produced four cards for the PTCG ever, and the other three are complete bangers
The amount of power and control offered by Pernicious Deed is incredible
Still, the point stands that it was a Japan-exclusive set, which does raise its value on the international market somewhat
Its a great infinite combo piece in certain lifegain decks, and can easily find a spot in black midrange decks in Standard
For the longest time (basically until Counterspell was printed in Modern), Thoughtseize, and to a lesser extent Inquisition of Kozilek, were the only major universal disruption spells in Modern