The absence of Trainer abilities in-game contributes toward the appeal of training up teams of Pokmon, and optimizing their movesets for the challenges offered by Gym Leaders and Trainers
Pair Dualcaster Mage with Snap, for example, and you can create infinite 2/2 tokens as well as infinite mana
Often in Magic , you'll be presented with small tradeoffs between power and consistency
Lastly, Sphinx of the Final Word is a cool Control finisher, and I can see it having some play against Dimir and Golgari Midrange for various Control strategies in the near future
Edgar Markov is mostly played as a Commander and is only maximized if utilized in a deck with tons of Vampires
This meant that a player could use Lysandre Trump Card once and after a while, use VS Seeker to use it again, entering thus into situation with infinite resources