These Max and Powerline cards can also be found in booster packs as a new version, Epic
However, the reason people use this card is because of its effect
Priced at $999 USD (or roughly $250 USD per pack of 15 cards), the price point has effectively set the celebratory pack exceptionally above normal product pricing and is aimed at more of the collectors as the cards are not-tournament legal
But naturally, players will also want to know what the crystal cards actually do, and while there's always a chance of the rules changing before going to launch, these concepts seem pretty set in stone
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[8] The Wizards of the Coast tournament rules require that a deck including Alpha cards have opaque card sleeves to prevent a player from being able to identify the difference between an Alpha and a non-Alpha card in their library, as the corners are different from all the printings that followed