While there's no competition for Charizard as the most expensive Base Set card, there's still plenty of price changes in the middle of the pack
This background could be supportive as a second commander to a Wyll, Blade of Frontiers dice roll deck or a Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant sacrifice outlet deck that bulks your entire army with +1/+1 counters
A Hammertime deck has a more favorable matchup against Plasma, and Absol PLF is often used in Darkrai, which, as I said before, is great against the Bench-heavy Plasma decks
The plot mechanic works wonders because you can plot this card, and cast it later for free, with enough mana to cast pump spells and often win on the spot
This Golgari sorcery still shows up in Modern decks from time to time, but its not nearly as valuable now that the meta has shifted away from graveyard-focused games