This lower cost per pack in Japan actually makes Japanese product relatively more accessible at the source, but by the time high-grade English singles hit the US secondary market with import and grading costs factored in, Japanese still leads on a per-card basis for premium variants
Since many cards are worth hundreds of dollars, there is a serious problem with fake cards on eBay
All the Swamps from Beta were done by Dan Frazier, who hasn't done a ton of work in Magic's later years but did provide art for various Signets, Talisman, and Moxen for Secret Lair and Mystery Booster 2
Dredge can't replace this event
[8] Occasionally, the printing plate can get out of alignment, causing the ink to be pressed in the wrong areas on the card
95% of the list would immediately become bulk rares, and the better cards would still be less than exciting before long because theyre not actually good in any of Magics most-played formats