For example, design doesn't spend a lot of time on color balance or mana curve
As far as being worth it, booster boxes follow the rule that buying in bulk is more efficient than buying single packs over the course of a longer period of time
I even love the clunky combat tricks that just play weirdly, like [casthaven]Swell of Growth[/casthaven] (it was supposed to provide an additional buff to landfall creatures, but the rarity of that being useful, due to the low power of landfall creatures, often relegated it to a horrible ramp spell)
I have ways to ramp with Your Fate Is Thrice Sealed, ways to cheat big creatures from my deck into play with A Reckoning Approaches, and a powerful scheme to get big planeswalkers like Garruk, Apex Predator or Ugin, the Spirit Dragon in Perhaps You've Met My Cohort
Sidisi allows you to create 2/2 Creature tokens whenever Creature cards go from your library into your graveyard
Great question