Under the "old" rules, you did not die until the end of the current phase (regardless of your life total), so you could Contract all day long even at zero life and simply cast a game-ending Drain Life to decimate your opponent
At the same time, kids today are continuing to fall in love with the franchise just as their parents did 30 years ago. Certified financial planner Jeff Judge, whose son was once obsessed with Pokmon, points to another major accelerant
A good example is the Dominarian lands from the Time Spiral block (Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, and Future Sight): Flagstones of Trokair, Academy Ruins, Kher Keep and Pendelhaven were all introduced in Time Spiral, before Planar Chaos completed the cycle with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
As a previous critic of Planeswalkers, I think thats a turnaround worth celebrating
We are also looking to purchase any and all original art used in the production of MTG cards