Eldlich the Golden Lord, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder, Visas Starfrost and multiple Mannadium cards all show up, offering a sweet taster of Yu-Gi-Oh!s more recent archetypes
The gnome proliferation happened because I think R&D liked having a small creature race in artifacts
Later in the game, Mind Twist will likely not be as good as in the scenario described above, but since few other formats allow it, you can certainly acquire Mind Twist on the cheap
All of this, plus the novelty of the name of the card, leads to it being one of the most valuable Arabian Night cards
Cheap deathtouchers are already essential sideboard tech for green decks looking to win the mirror, so when that card does double-duty as a Disenchant
With Narod in play, instead of dealing damage equal to its power in combat, creatures deal damage equal to their mana value