This set could be the start of your MTG journey "This new Magic the Gathering crossover is exactly what I dreamt that Final Fantasy cards could be [...] the new renders of Terra, Cloud, Tidus, and Y'shtola on the boxes are some of the nicest depictions of the beloved characters I've seen in years - and might finally be the push that gets me into playing Magic
Holding this card in person really is a totally different experience
The Thallid mechanic, while unnamed, was the first token mechanic put on multiple cards
Having done a number on Standard, Historic, and Pioneer, it looked too slow for Modern, a format that almost never gets up to as many as seven lands
Potentially quadrupling the counters, via flashback, can make any number of commanders (Ghave, Guru of Spores anyone?) deadly in pretty dramatic fashion
And there you are with your pile of cheap cards and a dream, somehow still becoming the threat with copious amounts of direct damage and a wincon baked into your commander