This review was written after playing multiple games with both sets against each other, and carefully studying card interactions
Deveney says they wanted to stick close to what fans would expect from its pixel art sprites and limited concept art while also expanding upon them, and hopes that the character designs should feel like how you remember them, despite being a hybridization of many different references and new ideas. To help accomplish that, WOTC even consulted directly with the Final Fantasy 6 team as they updated these character to the standards needed for Magic art
This artwork is a flashback (heh) to a core memory of Noctis that has never been featured anywhere else, and an especially poignant one since the eventual death of King Regis spearheaded Noctis journey to become a destined hero, while the car Regalia became a metaphor of the relationship between Noctis and Regis throughout the game
There are some potentially useful cards in here for adding to existing decks but if youre just starting out, youll want to build those first
There are multiple cards that let you either gain lore, exert opponents, gain strength, or draw cards but only when an opponent has a damaged character
You can commit one glimmer per turn in this way, and this is essential to winning as its the only way to be able to summon cards to the playfield
