Im a fan of the hey Elesh Norn, hold half my beer moment almost hidden underneath
Those included the wildly gorgeous Rapidash by Rond, Mori Yuus extraordinarily detailed Clamperl, the delightful Team Rockets Murkrow (with Ariana and the Pokmon staring at one another in front of a skyline of skyscrapers) by Akira Komayama, and the splendidly silly Team Rockets Raticate by Mekayu (the artist who gave us the glorious Drampa from Temporal Forces )
Typically, players buy and open packs in the hope of securing that elusive mythic rare or wildcard they need
Obviously the formats will drastically change throughout Rivals of Ixalan being Standard legal and its incredibly hard to predict, but thats the fun of it
Similarly, if you lose the game at the same time that another player's God that you put onto the battlefield is destroyed, it remains in its owner's graveyard
Modern cards from the past few years are well-documented and unlikely to surprise you with unexpected value unless they're rare alternate arts or secret rares