According to Magic's Comprehensive Rules, A spell or ability is modal if it has two or more options in a bulleted list preceded by instructions for a player to choose a number of those options. Classic bulleted-list staples like Jeska's Will and Austere Command, or more modern versions like spree (ex: OTJs Return the Favor) or pawprints ( Bloomburrow s Season of Gathering) all fulfill the in a bulleted list requirement, so theyre modal spells
It's also a shadowless card, meaning it was part of the first print run of the first English language Pokmon set
Wizards don't like to reprint a mechanic without having more of it in a set
Wait a minute Isnt this just a 2/1 flier with a drawback
Early game, getting lands is really good and you are filtering them out of your deck
A near-Mint 7 card sold for $375,000 in 2021, and only one year later managed to rake in a winning bid of nearly $900,000