One thing we've seen happen in the past is that when a popular supplemental product comes out shortly after a Standard set, the Standard set is sometimes forgotten and under-opened as everyone spends their money on the supplemental product
Omega, The Heartless In MTG Final Fantasy Omega, the Heartless Mana Value: 5GU Rarity: Uncommon Type: Legendary Artifact Creature Robot Stats: 8/8 Card Text: Wave Cannon When this creature enters, for each opponent, tap a nonland permanent that player controls
At the end of the article, I gave a very brief nod towards a different black-bordered set that can also be viewed as a budget alternative to many of todays spiking Reserved List cards
Storm, Ironworks, Hollow One, Infect, anything with Arclight Phoenix or Bedlam Reveler
If enough -1/-1 counters are put on a creature you control at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, Buzzard-Wasp Colony's last ability will see all of the +1/+1 counters it had when it died as well as the -1/-1 counters it had, and an equal number of each of those types of counters (plus any other applicable counters) will be put onto Buzzard-Wasp Colony
Magic: The Gathering is home to a wide variety of creature types that each have their own mechanical and flavorful distinctions