Wizards has been explicit about this, talking openly about making creatures more powerful and central to gameplay over the past two decades
To cast a spell this way, you may choose to pay any alternative costs or optional additional costs the spell may have (such as a kicker cost)
Reliable access to lesser-used cards As mentioned above, minimalist wallets struggle with access to cards
As with any investment, there are risks, and potential investors should consider these carefully against their financial goals and how much risk they're willing to take
Even so, tales of the Chaos Orb live on, including a myth of a player who, about to lose, shredded his Chaos Orb into pieces so it rained down on the opponents cards, destroying that players entire set-up (and theres a subsequent myth that the card-tearing player was ultimately disqualified since destroying the card resulted in a deck that with fewer than the required number of cards)