"We also consider things like what franchise the song is from and even if we've done other cards from that song." For Rise of the Floodborn specifically, Warner says the Strength of a Raging Fire song card was an ah-ha moment for them
This Legendary Creature, known as the Commander, is kept separately from the player's library and is cast from an area called the Command Zone
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To disappear cards out of exist is always problematic concerning the Reserved List, that policy is essentially capitalistic in terms of artificially constraining supply to drive up demand to fulfil the profit-seeking motives of those who happened to be alive and possess disposable income when those cards originally came out (which is also ageist against subsequent generations of fans, which any game should hope to nurture for the sake of its ongoing popularity, or even existence) and when the reasoning is to combat problematic text & imagery, one must ask why the proffered solution isnt simply to edit/alter/re-skin/errata, already existing elegant methods of updating cards for contemporary conditions.
This deck is especially fun to me because it brings back that feeling of playing with Dimir faeries from some 15 years ago