Today Visions is still a good pack to pull, but that is not the case for the other two sets in Mirage block.
Rex gains only activated abilities
as long as the card costs less or equal to whatever the original card did
Admittedly, Phylath pushing you toward basic lands during deck construction is a bit annoying, but the massive number of creatures it makes and the ability to hand out 4 power to a Plant creature of your choice is incredibly strong, and turns late game mana ramp into a lot of potential pain for your opponents
Whats neat about this compared to Divine reckoning is that you get to enjoy the enters the Battlefield effect on top of being the only one with any creatures in play
In GEM MINT 9.5 condition, the average price for a similar card is just under $3,700 but it's not the highest price ever paid, which was just shy of $32,000