The design 100% contributes heavily to the allure of the cards, but let's not lie, we all know that Skyridge cards command top-dollar numbers in any condition
There was something magical about sitting in a darkened theater, watching Mewtwo wreak havoc on screen, and then opening a foil pack to find the very same character staring back at you as a holographic card you could hold in your hand
The decks that care about Kambal and Norns Annex, for example, will most of the time be wildly different
For example, if Death-Greeter's Champion enters the battlefield and its controller chooses a Grizzly Bears as the target creature, the Grizzly Bears gets one +1/+1 counter put on it as the ability resolves and it gains double strike, but it doesn't gain dash
Terraforming can also replace one of the three copies and be used for Deck thinning