Meld is back with Vanille and Fang from Final Fantasy XIII
The design space here is interesting and I hope the developers explore other ways we can pay for Shift in the future.
Another of the narrative pillars that principal narrative designer Dillon Deveny highlights for Final Fantasy is Epic and Dramatic. Many cards in this set capture that feeling well, I think, but none better than this version of Terra
For example, suppose that on the draw, our opponent led with a 2/2 on turn two and a 3/2 evasive on turn three, questing with the 2/2 before passing the turn
Yshtola, Nights Blessed, and Graha Tia, Scion Reborn are the face commanders
While a lot of players complained that the move would have killed Sapphire presence in the metagame, we actually saw a lot of Sapphire-Ruby lists topping not only the last Set Championships but also very large competitive events all over the globe