Yoni Skolnik, a principal game designer at Wizards of the Coast, said in a blog post that when the team approached the set, they were careful to find a way to let people enjoy their nostalgia without alienating everyone else that also honored the emotional resonance of the games. As such, the final product is full of little narrative Easter eggs that hint at, but never spoil, major plot beats from the games
This question seems quite popular on the boards
I stand by that and actually still use that metric to this day when building
These include cards like Drannith Magistrate, which locks all commanders down, and cards like Pithing Needle that punish planeswalkers in the command zone
Deepfathom Echo Explores at the beginning of combat of our turn and then it may copy another creature we control until end of turn
Does it remind you of any creatures in the past