[6] Sheldon Menery, who was first introduced to EDH in 2002, while stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, then developed the format further culminating in his 2004 article, [6] [8] outlining the format on the Magic fan site Star City Games which "spread the word about it beyond his circle of judges for the first time"
In early 2019, sealed boxes in good condition were trading between approximately $50,000 and $80,000 at auction (Heritage Auctions set a record of $78,000 in February 2019)
Still, plenty of white decks run Farewell despite it being bad on some modes for them, and while Final Act is a bit meme-y in hitting Battles and removing counters, certain control-oriented builds in Grixis and Dimir especially would be happy to play this
Id also argue it is an actual release, though