There are three kinds of abilities: An activated ability is always written as "[Cost] : [Effect]", like Prodigal Pyromancer , or the 2nd paragraph of Firebreathing A triggered ability is always written to start with one of the words "when", "whenever", or "at", like Blood Artist , or the 2nd paragraph of Lord of the Pit Anything else is a static ability
They followed the same trend as the initial starter decks just kept adding from new color combinations, to themed decks and smaller combo decks
Rainbow Secret Rare cards are difficult to pull, and because not many collectors valued them at the time, they are harder to come by now
Similarly, Flash Photography is a reasonable copy effect
Dreadbore gives the Rakdos decks an iconic removal spell the midrange decks often want
Fire-types ruled the set, and Battle Compressor quickly became a competitive staple