If you want a side deck, build it to counter the decks you are likely to face, such as your friends' decks or the decks at your local tournament
Discounting the legal aspects of the entire situation, this argument rings hollow, mostly because it's not just expensive cards that are being counterfeited
If it was just Sell-Sword and Hero that might not define a new archetype, but you can throw in Cacophony Scamp and Voldaren Thrillseeker for some redundancy without losing too much power from the combo
In reality, other holographic cards from the set are just as rare, but they do not carry the same cultural weight, and that is reflected in the prices they achieve." There's also a matter of trust, Ireland said
They happen to be quite playable dual lands, and Ezio is a natural choice for an EDH deck
Because this thing usually comes into play as at least a 12/12