The non-slip rubber backing keeps the Table Playmat from shifting during use
While the card's power is pretty self-explanatory, the greatest drop in price is attributed to a change in art direction
Not every set is going to hold up the same and each will have their own favored archetypes and strategies based on the cards available
If you do find your Abundant Growth, you will only be able to play it turn one if your opening hand has one of the following: - A Command Tower - A Forest, 3/39 lands in your deck are forests - An Exotic Orchard and hope the mono green player ahead of you in turn rotation didnt keep a colorless land - A Murmuring Bosk - which will only enter untapped if you also have your one treefolk card in your deck in your opening hand (Faeburrow Elder)
So, a quick analysis: for 1 mana, you can put this card into play, and it can be tapped to gain CC (two colorless mana)
In play, this card also has many useful abilities, including the chance to quest for two lore and giving other characters Resist +1