When asked why, he brought up his ongoing involvement with the FF7 remake series he served as game director for the first title before moving to creative director for Rebirth
One of the cards I want to play a lot more of in 2026 is Sun Titan because it just always brings me joy
The 'excess damage' clause is a funny way of saying this is a one-way fight spell with trample, letting you clear a creature out of the way and send all the extra damage at that creature's controller
Surge's Strategy + Island Amulet combo, this wasn't possible on the first turn, but it was a powerful effect that was banned to get rid of that type of deck forever
This saw some Standard play, but only because it was such a cheap threat
Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Flicker Exile target nontoken permanent, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control