Ruby is powerful, and Emerald is great for gaining lore early on
Rumors follow them, with the ignorant fretting they might be some new form of Phyrexian and the curious wishing to disassemble them in search of a maker's mark
When magic first started, Wizards was a far smaller company and pulled ideas for sets from history or, in the case of Arabian Nights, a book (One Thousand and One Nights), which gave way to cards like Ali Baba
If were willing to pay a higher upfront casting cost, we can start to discount and abuse some extremely powerful abilities Twinning Staff, Helvault, Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink, or Tower of Fortunes
[adinserter block=1] #7: 40K Sagas Each year I have an entry on the list for a card/set of cards that stood out to me for their art