Yeah, someone like me has somewhere around 60-70 (could be more, lost count), and could afford to put one in every deck I ever make and be fine. I'm not even close to the biggest hoarder. Meanwhile, there are people who come to tournaments I attend that have never owned one, and for whom ripping a few bucks worth of a card is not going to be feasible for them.
I'm not a big fan of card rippage myself, unless of course it is a non-official game at Nats that gets epic with a dozen bystanders and the only way for someone to win is to play Plot. Then they must rip it.