The straw that broke the camel's back was the fact that this set ended up pushing back the release of Lorwyn Eclipsed, a hugely anticipated original MTG set, and it came in the middle of a major ramp-up in new products, leaving players feeling burnt out and slighted by the expectation to invest in new products so often
Take the card's current raw (ungraded) value, look at what PSA 9 and PSA 10 copies of the same card have actually sold for on eBay recently, and factor in your total submission cost including grading fee, postage both ways, any membership fees, and return duties
If you do ever get to ult this, then it's certainly GGs after the Eldrazi onslaught that is sure to follow
Finally, options like countermagic and discard spells can handle artifacts (and many other threats) before they even impact the board
Only board in against non-aggressive Urzas Saga decks