Bear in mind that the standard and foil cards are identical except for their holographic finish, with no changes to their artwork, rarity or gameplay text
This taught me two things: It's much quicker to dry out a card than to rehydrate one
The triggered ability is strong and it will work magnificently in artifact-heavy decks
This is a huge help to the likes of Rakdos aggro and Azorious control decks , as they tend to fall short on early mana, given the number of dual lands in the deck, all of which typically hit the battlefield tapped
Its also important to note that only 1,100 copies of Alpha Black Lotus were printed, so even if you take the absolute lowest price, it adds up to more than $12,000,000 USD to buy every copy of this card that ever existed from the oldest set