Maybe not choice #1, but if you want to play off the top, the original can get you there
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Excalibur II's first ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase
New hate bears and other hateful cards Sanctum Prelate The box topper of the set has proven its worth in Legacy Death and Taxes and I expect it to see play in similar archetypes
Ainok Guide Analyze the Pollen Archdruid's Charm Attune with Aether Beanstalk Giant Beneath the Sands Bioengineered Future Black Chocobo Borderland Ranger Boseiju Reaches Skyward Brave the Wilds Bushwhack Caravan Vigil Centaur Rootcaster Civic Wayfinder Colossal Collision Coming Attraction Cosmium Confluence Crop Rotation Cycle of Renewal Dance of the Tumbleweeds Dawntreader Elk Deep Reconnaissance Dig Up Diligent Farmhand District Guide Double Play Druid of the Emerald Grove Earthbender Ascension Edge Rover Edge of Autumn Elanor Gardner Elfhame Sanctuary Elvish Reclaimer Emergent Sequence Encroaching Dragonstorm Entish Restoration Environmental Scientist Evolution Charm Far Wanderings Farhaven Elf Flare of Cultivation Font of Fertility Forceful Cultivator Frontier Guide Gaea's Balance Galactic Wayfarer Gatecreeper Vine Giant Ladybug Glacier Godmaw Go Forth Greater Tanuki Greenseeker Grow from the Ashes Growth Spasm Harrow Heaped Harvest Herd Migration Hiveheart Shaman Horizon Explorer Horizon Seeker Huatli, Poet of Unity Into the North Invasion of Zendikar Journey for the Elixir Khalni Heart Expedition Kodama of the West Tree Krosan Tusker Kyoshi Island Plaza Land Aid '04 Land Grant
Horizontal miscuts tend to be far rarer than vertical ones, and seeing a name of one card on the artwork of another tends to be a sweet spot that is ideal for most collectors
You also have to take a holistic and realistic view of both the collection you are thinking about buying and how you are actually going to sell the cards
