If your ad has many cards, take a photo and number each card on the photo
Picking out the best cards before a set is released is tricky, as it's hard to know how each card synergizes with the rest of the set and within each format
With the 3 month lead time, WotC should have placed the order for Portal Three Kingdoms around the end of January or the beginning of February 1999, with the cards being printed sometime between then and the end of April, with enough time to ship the cards overseas before release
Tomebound LichTomebound Lich filters a card and is a strong chump blocker
Not only do you have a big, must-kill threat to cast in a pinch if you flood on a mana, but you have a seemingly endless supply of Nighthowlers and Nemesis of Mortals
Hildibrand goes on to teach the zombie to act like him, and they adopt some of his mannerisms