Surely their Parlay ability is just a potential mana generator and card draw engine, right
It came down to whether the crease detracted from the cards appeal
You can still pick up some copies of this card for a little under $16, but that is the absolute cheapest that this card seems to be available for
Theres another possible fail state with the deck where you can draw Charnel Trolls and no enablers, or else miss your enablers, but you should usually be able to cast a different three-drop in those spots and cast Charnel Troll later in the game after your opponent has killed some of your creatures
On the other hand, it's very possible that newer players could be fooled, especially when it comes to older cards that occasionally feel weird even if they are real, thanks to variance in the printing process, or things like Masterpieces that have a strange foiling process