As long as you can pay the costs, you can activate a creatures abilities even if its tapped
Its introduction in games like Pokmon Red and Blue established it as a formidable opponent, particularly against Psychic and Grass-type adversaries
It can convert a random elf into Craterhoof or a game-warping threat before the table has time to react Natural Order skips the hard part
New players and random casual players seem unlikely to spend $10 on one booster when they could be buying several cheaper boosters (or some sort of preconstructed deck product) for around the same price
With Magic , pretty much no matter where you live in the country (or even in the world), you can find a local tournament every week, if not every night, along with large national / international tournaments most weekends
One of the actions you can perform is "inking" a card from your hand