The goal of playtest cards should be to convey the things that we want in a final card
As mentioned in the tweet, the outrageous phenomenon of 'there being 3 copies of an outrageous card called Xerosic's Scheme, which makes it easier to use the opponent's Iris's Fighting Spirit.' It's effectively a 57-card deck (tears of blood) However, there was one opportunity where it worked effectively
Common Lightning Bolt | Illustration by Christopher Moeller Common cards are the most abundant cards in the MTG community
All the additional costs require mana, but I cant see any hard reason for this restriction in future designs
The History of White Countermagic Normally when we talk about creating cards for Magic: The Gathering , we look at the historical context
It might be that Standard and Modern metas will adjust to the card and send it tumbling back down, but for now it's looking like this giant eyeball monster was badly underrated ahead of the set's release