Once Upon a Time Free spells that do things are never a good sign for a healthy metagame, and Once Upon a Time has to be one of the most egregious examples of this
Will, Scion of Peace White has plenty of good lifegain cards that allow you to take advantage of Will, Scion of Peaces cost reduction ability
I didn't play Magic until 2012, so I have no idea how good Dakkon Blackblade was at the time, but what were they thinking with this guy
If the same mode is chosen more than once, you choose their relative order as the ability triggers
Angler's big downside is that you can't reliably cast this card on turn 2
While the old art is quite iconic at this point, the merfolk surrounded by several remorasis a very pretty art piece by Jesper Ejsing