It is rare that they are an awful inclusion in any deck, they rarely are the reason you lose a game which cannot be said for a lot of cards such a the humble comes into play tapped lands
However, Modern sideboards aren't the only reason Magebane Lizard has shot up in price
Its played in what feels like every cEDH deck under the sun, its played in Modern Yawgmoth, its just a rock-solid card, a Magic icon, so famous and powerful that it spawned a phrase concerning how best to deal with it: Bolt the Bird. 3
Current TCGplayer value estimate of reprints only: $214.62 (!!!) Salespeople are often poorly trained to open with their weakest pitch, but those in sales with an impressive track record know to open with the biggest, strongest, most bombastic one when it counts
As a longtime Fallout fan it appears that a wide swath of the games history gets representation here
A quick comparison makes this easy to see