MTG-wise, it is kind of like most other recently developed Lord cards, though its expanded target range is immediately taken into account for its Final Fantasy flavor
Ramping into or reanimating Toxrill early can end games before they even get started
Cox made a great assessment of the success of the set when he said during the Q&A that the overlap of fan bases was stronger. Being a franchise born from gaming, Final Fantasy has more appeal to TCG players, but that cannot be the only explanation
I hope that Marvels Spider-Man will be another success, but its going to be very hard to reach the incredible benchmark set by Magic: The GatheringFinal Fantasy.
Lets say that each set has 1,5 new game design mechanic in average, adding up to 6 new rules each year
That one-two punch has kept Pooh adjacent cards climbing across multiple sets for weeks now