Remember, lands are one of the most essential card types and this set is near capacity on great lands
Thus, when you have competitive staples that make unique tokens, you end up with sets like Dragons Maze, which was so underpowered, underdeveloped and generally unpopular that the most expensive card in the set was Voice of Resurgence, followed closely by its respective token
This flies in the face of the argument that occasionally comes up from the MTG Finance community (many of whom have a vested interest in the Reserved List) saying we should simply stop talking about the Reserved List and accept its currently detrimental impact on the game
I want to establish creatures in the early turns to set up a defense against haste threats
Pokemania was running rampant, and other companies were trying to chase the trends that Pokmon started, with limited success for some
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines Elesh Norn is the face of Phyrexia: All Will Be One