It just seems like it was a bit too good to miss out on with the many nice utility colourless lands and the various things filling up the graveyard
While many cards had their text boxes changed subtly from Alpha to Beta (templates were fixed, font sizes were changed, misprints were fixed, and readability was improved), several cards have significant differences between Alpha and Beta printings
It only triggers once during each of their turns
The snow / winter aesthetic of the cards give them a much cleaner appeal, and for half the price
Expect this card to glide rather than swing, the 1-in-1,786 pull rate provides structural scarcity that the SIR doesn't quite match
Magic's elves are a mainstay of Dominaria, the plane on which MTGs first players fell in love with the game and its world