In his instance particularly, flying up in the sky
It plays well with Korvold, Fae-Cursed King and the rest of the deck
Its popular because its still exciting to pull an unassuming Litwick if the art is nice enough and the card seems fun to throw into a deck and if you can sell an almost-30, heavily jaded arse like me on anything less than a golden secret rare, imagine how that kid trick or treating is going to feel.
Some players see it as a way to get reprints of rare cards while others view it in a more cynical light, feeling that The List will do little but provide an excuse to not reprint these cards in sets
Piloted by Charles Eiler, Selesnya Tokens won the SCG standard 10k on January 5, which explains the sudden surge of interest
Come this summer, though, thats all changing