Things like value, tempo, interaction, bluffing, and card advantage all have serious impacts determined by the players and their choices throughout the game
These abilities are extremely popular amongst Gamblers, Magical Clowns, and similar characters themed around cards, fortune, or games of chance
Dread Wanderer While I hit upon most of the mechanical themes in my preview, here's a mini-theme that I missed, an unnamed mechanic R&D likes to call "heckbent," as it's a riff off of the Rakdos mechanic hellbent from Dissension
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Artifacts with charge counters are also a good idea
Jibbirik Omnivore isnt sexy or anything, but curving out is important
