As the fifth expansion set to hit shelves in 1994, it had to compete for space with the likes of Legends , The Dark , and Antiquities, all powerful sets with much more desirable cards
The appealing(price) part is build on the latest 1st Ed Charizard and friends hyping market
Gameplay wise, Carmine is as straightforward as they come, but she has a really neat trick up her sleeve
That player exiles the top X cards of their deck, with you making a 1/1 Faerie Rogue token with flying for each card of the color you picked that gets exiled
Sure, its not instant-speed, but it definitely does the job of clearing the battlefield for you (at least temporarily)
This idea was expanded upon slightly in Mirage a few years later to include cards like Worldly Tutor that search your deck for a specific type of card, in this case a creature, and places the tutored card on top of your deck