Its a simple but powerful payoff that rewards you for attacking and messing with your graveyard
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Thankfully the non-black decks in the format are much more reasonably priced, with several in the $100 to $200 price range, although just how competitive these decks are remains to be seen
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I run four copies in a Modern poison counters deck, where that extra +1/+1 really makes a difference when I attack with a Phyrexian Crusader
(They create a Clue token.) II, IV Create a 2/2 black Alien Angel artifact creature token with first strike, vigilance, and "Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this permanent isn't a creature until end of turn." People often assume that Sagas are a strict progression from top to bottom, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey-wimey