[androidgirl]

The most expensive cards like the Lotus aren't legal in most formats. A format is like a league with specific rules.

The Vintage/type 1 format does allow lotuses, in quantities of one. Most non-wizards Vintage tournaments allow a set number of proxy cards, usually around 7-10 because of the Power Nine (Lotus and eight other ridiculous cards).

For most players the issue is recurring costs of new decks from rotation/metagame, or buying landbases if they play Modern/Legacy. Reprinting issues aren't limited to reserved cards.

[americanjetset]

>Lotus and eight other ridiculous cards

Well, Lotus, 7 other ridiculous cards, and then Timetwister.

[UncleMeat]

Add Time Walk to the list of cards that are wildly overrated on the P9. A considerable portion of the time it is just a zero mana cycler. Sol Ring is infinitely more powerful.

[moate]

Play a game in which 4x Timetwister is allowed. See how broken it can be.

It's not "take an extra turn" good, but Jesus does it solve a lot of problems. P9 inclusion warranted IMO.

[androidgirl]

Twister's definitely not as good. I play storm though, so it's still a bonkers card.