Deveney says they wanted to stick close to what fans would expect from its pixel art sprites and limited concept art while also expanding upon them, and hopes that the character designs should feel like how you remember them, despite being a hybridization of many different references and new ideas. To help accomplish that, WOTC even consulted directly with the Final Fantasy 6 team as they updated these character to the standards needed for Magic art
Still, it sold for somewhere in the region of $1580 regardless with the exact figure unknown due to a best offer being accepted
You can only kill black creatures, or nonblack creatures, under particular conditions, say
10 Pokmon cards and 1 basic energy, card selection varies by pack
Izzet has plenty of creatures that stick around and draw cards continuously, like Jori En, Ruin Diver, Jhoira, Weatherlight Captian, and Izzet patron, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Each other color has the ability to remove a creature from the battlefield (bounce, fight, O-Ring effects, or burning it if its small enough), but unadulterated one-sided spot removal is difficult for nonblack colors outside of cards with blatant color pie breaks