Putting a card in a double-sleeve or perfect fit upside down, and then in a regular sleeve correctly gives you maximum protection from any spilled liquids or from dirt that might get in your sleeve.
The Final Fantasy Starter Kit includes two ready-to-play decks, making it a great way to jump in with a friend
Hearthhull, the Worldseed Hearthhull, the Worldseed still allows you to progress on station level one
Damage doublers like Angrath's Marauders or Furnace of Rath or even a damage tripler like City on Fire can increase how much damage your commander deals
Im not sure exactly what happened with the verbal sale contract for the other card James had, but I think James had asked for a specific dollar value, allowing the seller to keep everything above that
In any case, theres no way of knowing what these cards were meant to look like but I think what we see is what we got back then