Trying to count fractional card advantage as multiple players take turns around the table will drive you insane long before it helps you understand how your deck is performing
Black Lotus commands the price it does not only because it is on the Reserved List, but because it is arguably the most powerful card printed in the history of the game
On top of that, it synergizes exceptionally well with Ninja of the Deep Hours, as it packs evasion, and since you can return it to your hand, you can keep scrying multiple times throughout the game
I think this is also one of the major underlying reasons why people think Jace, the Mind Sculptor would be a reasonable Modern card
Finishers/ Surprise /Alternate win conditions Gray Merchant of Asphodel has great synergy with our Zombie Tribal
It is rare that cards in Magic: The Gathering can depict something grounded in reality and make it mystical, yet that is what Rin and Seri, Inseparable do