Lilianas Contract lets us cash in some of the lifegain from Solkanar to draw four fresh cards, and then has an alternate win condition that we can work towards over the course of the game
You can easily cast him with the hybrid mana option, and you can even run him in Mono-Blue, Mono-Black, , or whatever
Not wanting to be associated with an "evil" character, Geller filed the lawsuit, which led to the halt of *Kadabra* card production
Iconic characters naturally attract more attention from nostalgic buyers
LIMITATION BREEDS IMAGINATION I strongly believe that being pushed to choose between your favorite toys by a points list makes these Highlander formats more interesting to build and play than other Vintage-tier formats
Those Pokdollars are better off in your pocket