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Graveyard Hate Relic of Progenitus and Surgical Extraction are both top 20 cards (overall) in Modern, with their main purpose being to hate on graveyard-based strategies

Illustrated by Jim Nelson Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp

The shopping behavior around this card doesnt look particularly suspicious, so most likely, Lumras rapid ascent in value can be chalked up to collectors realizing that it was illustrated by the same person responsible for Base Set Charizard

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The other benefit of going this direction is that you are more focused on your ambitions of comboing the opponent out, and can build you deck with more synergies with this in mind