Its also just solid in decks like The Lord of Pain or Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Sure, they were interesting and had some nice synergies, but they werent exactly game-breaking
Collectors' Edition Time Vault - EX Wheel of Fortune - NM International Edition Chaos Orb - EX Mox Emerald - NM Time Vault - NM, EX Timetwister - EX Dual Lands A week of New Arrivals without duals wouldn't be a real week of New Arrivals
Japanese cards are known for superior print quality and strict quality control at the factories
(As I am a huge fans of +1/+1 counters, most large sets that I lead design tend to fall in this category.) A recent non-+1/+1 counter block was Champions of Kamigawa
Since each sliver card you play makes all your other slivers exponentially stronger, you can't win the game unless you have a lot of slivers under your command