It does prefigure the current memes about white's color pie being "gain 1 life". And also about white card draw, in a way.

Could never work out why Cleanfall had to exist in the set which immediately followed Mirrodin block. Tranquility always faintly annoyed me too, even if I loved the Tempest art. Looking through the enchantments of the era, it seems mostly to punish cards that took work to make good, ie, Hondens, Es...

Hot take, at least relative to some comment sections: I like what I've seen of Ikoria. The Godzilla promos are actually an interesting idea, too.

Hot-as-Homer's-Guatemalan-insanity-peppers take: Commander is not really a casual format.

Standard should be powered down a bit in order to allow more fringe strategies, midrange decks and high-cmc cards to be more viable. WotC should bring back unique art styles into standard products instead of pushing it away into promos, ancillary products and deluxe products only. Hotter Take: Ravn...

I've been playing since 1995. This was around the time of Ice Age, though my group mostly used Fourth Edition to start. I didn't own a significant number of cards, though, until I had a reasonably-paying job many years later; that was around the time of Mirrodin.

I'm home. This set looks absolutely beautiful, and it's the perfect theme for my tastes. It's got a serious "Disney through a mirror darkly" vibe, and I wonder if they're actively working together.