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We could probably have found room for Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales in a non-Spider-Man specific set, but there wouldnt have been room for Aunt May. McCall says that designing for a Universes Beyond set flips the worldbuilding on its head, in that a typical Magic set needs its cards to lay the groundwork of its location and setting while also being fun to play with in order to get players on board, whereas most people already have some familiarity with a character like Spider-Man
Featuring cards drawn from across Innistrads history, this booster box supports Limited formats like Draft and Sealed while also offering exciting opportunities for deckbuilding and collecting
Premiering at Origins '93, the first generation of cards went public on August 5th and are referred to as the "Alpha" set, which contained 295 different cards
Players get that they are not going to see every card every game
Prior to adding snow, the distribution of set themes across colors was unbalanced, and I was interested in the green-blue color pair expanding into multicolored play