I think these changes have been good for collectors, further creating pieces of art out of game pieces
Not to say that there haven't been differences
It holds over 3,900 cards, and even your double-sleeved decks fit comfortably
the sheer amount of sweepers and other answers flying around prevent people from establishing board positions that eventually lead to a game-ending state, and each lap around the table gets longer and longer with every player added, not only because of sheer amount of turns taken but also because the board gets more and more complex
We know the first two sets of meld cards, and what they meld into: Urza, Lord Protector and The Mightstone and Weakstone combine into Urza, Planeswalker, showing the moment of Urzas spark igniting in the wake of the activation of the Golgothian Sylex
The effect doesn't feel very flavourful with a world of giant predatory man-eating plants, but they can't all be winners