Featuring first glimpses at many of the new cards, as well as deep dives into how its four new precon commander decks work, the livestream was full of big reveals: players were given in-depth looks at how Final Fantasy 's various mascots feature in the new set, a new Saga card featuring the iconic summon Shiva, the four new commanders (Terra, Cloud, Tidus, and Y'shtola), and the design philosophy behind it all
Beyond that, this was the first non-reprint set that featured the far superior cosmos holofoil method, which is both more artistically satisfying and slightly easier to view versus the original starlight holofoil method that predated it in the TCGs first three sets
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The latter effect is a nice sweetener but it is not the primary reason you play such cards
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The deck was built around other control cards like Giovanni's Charisma, Miss Fortune Sisters and Enhanced Hammer, each of which is a disruptive card
