Were also looking at color balance, limited playability/themes, and to an extent what concepts will be the most awesome in this art style, or who would be an awesome character to see casting an iconic spell for the first time
(Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) : Exile up to two target cards from graveyards
Airbender Ascension gains quest counters incredibly easily as one of the premiere colors for flicker, to make this better than Conjurer's Closet in multiple fun ways
Weve been seeing more cards like this recently, and its a design space that Im very interested in
The main reasons I felt comfortable purchasing them were: The cards feel authentic (surface texture and typical stiffness/flex) The 1st Edition stamp does not appear to be printed on top of the card All four cards passed a basic light test (using my iPhone 15 flashlight) From the side, the cards show an authentic-looking layered core (greyblackgrey) The text on all cards is crisp and clean HP font, lack of shadow (shadowless), copyright line (including dates), energy symbol placement, etc