Doing so will result in you needing to put two damage counters on that Pokmon, but because you can do this as many times as you want per turn, you can setup a powerful Pokmon with all of the Energy it needs to deal huge damage using recycled resources
Maybe you need a land drop turn 3, or you have 4-5 mana and need to dig for a counterspell
Different technology, comparable impact
Those looking to bling out their deck prefer the black-bordered version of the card most of the time, which can drive up the price
Theros , while playing more into cultural tropes, still was closely tied to mythological stories that were decently well known by our audience (Icarus, Theseus, Medusa, etc.), although less so than the source material for Innistrad