At the very first development meeting, lead developer for the set Henry Stern started the meeting with, "Can we just get rid of these?" I was also on the development and replied, "We have to at least play with them first." The Magic brand team also wanted to get rid of them
Achieving the well-loved shooting star embellishment caused some foils to have a "cutline" or "print line" across the face of the card
Versatility, card filtering, and control elevate gameplay
If you play cards like these, put your hand face down on the table when you draw a card making it very clear that the only card in your hand is the one you just drew from the top of your library
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1/1s on the ground are worse than 2/2 fliers by a lot, but Namor provides all the evasive damage you need, and merfolk have plenty of other support pieces