New borders, fonts, and placement tweaks made cards feel sleeker and more modern
"When it comes to universes beyond and the color pie, does R&D prefer choosing the color for characters that most fits flavorfully/philisophically, or the one that most fits their known powerset mechanically?"
The slower the format, the more powerful this is
Its nice when you get to cast [card]Divination[/card] and draw a couple cards, but its nicer still when [card]Rhystic Study[/card] sticks around and draws you ten
In aggressive decks that need to get on the board early, the ability to have your lands come into play untapped is invaluable
The delayed triggered ability created by chapters I and II triggers separately for each of the target creatures, even if, somehow, they end up dealing combat damage to the same player at the same time