Fans whove been purchasing physical cards over the past 28 years have done so for a variety of reasons - whether in search of their favourite Pokmon, their favourite art, rare shiny cards, to build a full collection, or to create the strongest competitive team
We havent even mentioned the Town synergy yet, which turns Minstrel into a token factory and a Craterhoof-on-demand if you run the new Final Fantasy tap lands
Huge upside in a controlling Blue deck or a Green/Blue ramp deck
In a multiplayer game, Apostle of Invasion can lose double strike after dealing damage in the first combat damage step if all the opponents that had three or more poison counters left the game
Some Diamond & Pearl sets (i.e., especially Secret Wonders and Majestic Dawn) have strong holo bleed over the text of the card, and that can be desirable too