The style of the enchanted cards in the Shimmering Skies set has a more transparent way of displaying the stats and abilities of the cards, letting the artwork shine and pop
His two snakes as beatifully depicted in the two Striking Illusionist cards could be something like Flotsam & Jetsam too
The original fat packs came with the following items: 3 draft booster packs 1 tournament pack, a 75-card deck 2 premium promo cards 1 panoramic art piece 1 decorative storage box 1 players guide, including a visual guide to all the cards in the set Over the years these contents shifted to include: Novels (up until Shards of Alara ended this) Basic lands (anywhere from 40 to 80, sometimes foil) Extra storage boxes Deck boxes ( Mirrodin Besieged ) Plastic card dividers (from Ninth Edition to Shadowmoor ) Cards featuring pro players Before they were discontinued fat packs usually included: 6 to 9 draft booster packs 40 to 80 basic lands 1 players guide 1 decorative storage box 1 panoramic art piece Why Were Fat Packs Discontinued
That's the difference between knowing you have 9 ramp sources (one short of the baseline) and knowing that three of those sources are conditional on your commander being in play, making your reliable ramp count closer to 6
Nearly every time I thought there was a missing feature, I realized I had just missed it, and it worked exactly how I wanted
Your attackers can now swing and you get to assign the minimum damage for your creatures to survive
