There's a general spookiness to the card art, got some kind of bear/gargoyle creature, a spooky pumpkin, and a spirit of some kind that looks straight out of Night on Bald Mountain from 1941's Fantasia
This set could be the start of your MTG journey "This new Magic the Gathering crossover is exactly what I dreamt that Final Fantasy cards could be [...] the new renders of Terra, Cloud, Tidus, and Y'shtola on the boxes are some of the nicest depictions of the beloved characters I've seen in years - and might finally be the push that gets me into playing Magic
Having done a number on Standard, Historic, and Pioneer, it looked too slow for Modern, a format that almost never gets up to as many as seven lands
Holding this card in person really is a totally different experience
The Thallid mechanic, while unnamed, was the first token mechanic put on multiple cards
Either way, if your meta is creature-heavy, Balefire is the kind of card that ends arguments fast