Ive posted about the 1995/1997 difference before and have claimed quite recently that the Japanese Confectionary Database claimed these to have been released between March 1997 and March 1998
Admittedly, I havent done a ton of work with Collected Company, and for what I think is a good reason
Split seams: What causes them Split seams usually come from: Thin or weak side welds Aggressive shuffling (especially repeated mash shuffles) Overpacked deck boxes (pressure can stress the sleeve edges) If you've ever had a sleeve split during a game, you know why this matters: it can create a marked card problem, not just frustration
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn
You can pay UU to make the enchanted creature phase out, an super old mechanic that hardly anyone these days knows about but has recently started popping up on a few newer cards like Teferi's Protection
This card grants additional red and/or blue mana based on its power at the time you activate its ability