This isnt just any exploration, though
If your budget allows for 5-8 of them, chances are good that you'll get great use out of them, especially in a 3 or more color deck
Now don't get me wrong, it's still a very expensive card (for an ultra-modern single that is, obviously it doesn't hold a candle to the rare Pokmon cards of yesteryear)
Kurkesh squeezes a surprising amount of value from interactions your opponents might underestimate, like something as simple as getting two lands from a single Wayfarer's Bauble
Vintage cards from the WOTC era (Wizards of the Coast, 1999-2003) continue showing 20-40% compound annual growth rates over multi-year periods
The fact that this combo is pulled off by the interaction between a lotus artifact (which are very prominent in East Asian and Japanese Buddhist art and symbology), a moonfolk from Kamigawa (a plane directly based on Japan), and the legendary creature that represents the patron spirit of all moonfolk