The Queen - Commanding Presence has a great benefit that sets up a future challenge while questing
Thats different from the thought of Should WotC stop printing foil cards entirely? A lot of this comes down to marketing, perceived value, and collectibility
The primary goal is to get Ob on board and either protect it with Lightning Greaves or Bolt Bend, or have a few spells/abilities at the ready to get a few cards out of it before it dies
Golgari Raiders Its debatable if haste on Golgari Raiders even makes it better than Rhizome Lurcher, given the starting power/toughness
Opposition utterly dominates a game giving great control and a wide array of options to its controller
No offense to Jesper Myrfors and Christopher Rush (the two people who designed the Magic card back), but graphic design has come a long way since 1993, and WotC / Hasbro has a lot more resources to make the back pop in a way it currently does not