Because one of the things I look for in new card designs are cards that play in an area that suggests more design space
There are several types of cards that can take up that slot, including: A non-holo rare: the most common pull
The answer is that there are certain spells we don't want to be instants not that they can't
Ephara, Ever-Sheltering draws her indestructibility from the enchanted fabric of Theros rather than mortal devotion, while the doomed Heliod, the Radiant Dawn lacks any of his previous markings of divinity
Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and other big chain retailers that carry Magic products have deals on stuff in their stores all the time, but whether or not its applied to MTG stuff specifically is anybodys best guess
The purpose of Ponder is not to net cards, but to find the correct card at the proper moment