The visual goal was a look that married the sweeping romanticism and storybook elements at the core of The Princess Bride (I framed the visual target as Waterhouse/Maxfield Parish paintings meet 80s novel cover.) It had to feel lush, romantic, and above all, charming
if youre running Gishath, Sun's Avatar or Zacama, Primal Calamity, dont skimp out on that mana base because you will lose a bunch of games to mana screw
On the front, Ive seen cards with a print that shows patterns on them, like little squares, while the original ones have clear paint on them, and the patterns are missing
The MTG team described playing the games themselves (especially if they hadnt played that particular entry), then creating three categories for the Final Fantasy elements, from the need to haves (category 1) to that would be nice, but we probably wont have room (category 3) and discussing with Square Enix even at this conceptual phase as well as consistently showing them specific cards and getting feedback