Back when these were first printed they were literally the fifth best cycle of dual lands with them predating quick, check, filter, scry lands, dual man lands, shadow lands, battle lands, life lands, vivid lands, shard and wedge lands and the bicycling lands
You should also compare whether you want loose singles, sealed packs, or boxed formats
Then, drawing cards is painful
The color pair has topped numerous major tournaments so youd think this one might sit higher on the list
Add in the low supply of many Reserved List cards (which occasionally allows sellers to manipulate the headline price number by listing a copy at an unrealistically high price point, which is how we ended up with Moat at $100,000 this week, even with a BSG 9.5 copy for sale at $3,400 and a played copy at $1,500), and the headline price of a card tends to overstate the price that you can actually get the card for, if you are willing to lower your standards a bit
Its powerful, but also a popular choice for the artwork and some pricey variants