"I was prepared to roast this card, but it seems players are actually super into it...I won't be playing it, but it seems many other players will." It's funny trying to recall my thought processes from 12+ months ago
-[card]Caller of the Claw[/card] $1.50 Much like [card]Fresh Meat[/card], we need some contingencies for sweepers
Youll be able to see your opponents hand, choose a card, and tax it, whether they're casting it or using its non-mana activated abilities
[-2]: Create a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token
If this was somehow your first time ever seeing this card, you might even miss the crucial "Sacrifice any number of lands" text since it's playing 'Where's Waldo?' in the middle of the card for some reason
(I was personally hopeful for more Final Fantasy 8 cards myself.) But within the tight constraints of trying to represent 16 games in a 310-card set, they still managed to cram in enough iconic scenes that respect the beloved idiosyncrasies of a video game series nearing its 40th birthday things like, yes, being able to kill Final Fantasy 6s Phantom Train with the Phoenix Down card
