Youd be surprised [by] the number of things that were just a two-person idea or one-person idea that grew into something special very, very few, perhaps none, are on the level of Unknown, though. "Every show we add more seats, every show we do more." - Gavin Verhey Unknown still operates outside of WOTCs usual card making process, but Verhey says the quality did vastly improve when Tabak offered his assistance, as its the editing teams job to make sure cards are as close to perfect as possible
Pay attention to the following discrepancies when analyzing the two: The evolution box in the top left-hand corner is a bit larger on the fake card
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There are other cards throughout Magic that do the same sort of thing, but they tend to be few and far between
Furthermore, if you have access to additional mana sources, you can pay an additional one mana to create a 1/1 Merfolk token whenever you cast a Merfolk