Weve put together a handy list of Extended Art, Surge Foil, and other treatments that are great cards for collectors or deckbuilders but wont break the bank
We do have sacrifices and creatures that trade in combat, so it definitely can happen, but theres a chance Noctis, Prince of Lucis isnt very effective, and at three colors it takes a lot to put Noctis into a deck in the first place
It could also be that they figured they needed to add some extra value to FF13 cards to make them attractive to anyone who doesn't like the game
We can go toe-to-toe with them in the early and midgame and can just outlast and outvalue them in the late game
It's typical in the early stages of a set's Draft format for things to get a bit out of whack as people gravitate to the more straightforward (and often aggressive) archetypes
I get that they wanted to avoid reminder text to keep these specially-skinned cards looking as pretty as possible, but if that was their goal, perhaps they should have included cards that wouldnt normally need reminder text to begin with