Cards are typically priced based on the market average i.e., the average price its being sold for across thousands of resellers like local game stores, individual players, and big organizations like ChannelFireball
Live the necromancer dream with the 10th most expensive card to come out of the MTG: Foundations print
Some may call these flaws, but I prefer to think of them as a chance to personalize and enhance your deck
This works both as the top end of an aggressive Red/Black deck, or as a way for a more controlling Black deck to pick apart an opponents options
And they can cast it again for an extra two mana cost
Merfolk Sovereign, Merfolk Mistbinder, Merrow Reejerey, and even the Merfolk God Svyelun of Sea and Sky to keep them all safe