It doesnt look like that trend will slow anytime soon as these cards have found their place as one of the most popular non-sports sets in the hobby.
At $220$250, it's roughly the cost of two booster boxes, but you'd need to open 20 boxes on average to pull one
If the most expensive cards from Foundations are anything to go by, the pricier cards from the Innistrad release may very well go up into the hundreds, particularly for the limited-print versions
Thats better value than most other card-draw spells in mono-black right now
O-Naginata (2XM foil 50, SOK foil $5) I wish there was a sweet version of this to go after, but again, adding three power is where both legends are happiest and this time it is as cheap as can be, no need for ways to cheat the equip cost
Origins & Distribution Starter Decks and ShortPack Boosters The initial run comprised two products: the Starter Deck (firstversion 10401 postcode + 1st edition rulebook) and the shortpack Boosterboth advertised in CoroCoro and at the World Hobby Fair in 1996