Many of its creatures, spells, and decks came in colors that traditionally work in opposite ways to one another
Equipment, weapons, armor and swords
Alphas Boons Alpha had five spells which show each color getting three of a resource, and we can see that drawing three cards or getting 3 mana isnt the same as gaining 3 life, but thats the beauty of unbalanced cycles
This is a good gift for younger kids, though it doesnt have enough cards to build a deck and isnt the best value if youre purely wanting the most cards
It was already somewhat well positioned in the meta, particularly against Ruby/Sapphire, and now, with Sapphire/Steel getting hit the hardest with bannings, its far better positioned
In the new set story, weve been told these glimmers were cast in a different way than normal, leaving them weaker