While we didn't have a formal exploratory team, we did have several steps that served a similar design role
Full-Art Basic Lands There are 10 full-art basic lands in the set, each one displaying the beautiful landscapes from the Assassin's Creed franchise
Such two-for-ones include everything from format-defining sorceries like Hymn to Tourach to sideboard standouts like Lifebane Zombie (to cards that don't blow up the opponent's hand at all)
This can range from only having cards with an even mana cost ( Gyruda, Doom of Depths ) to having extra cards in your deck ( Yorion, Sky Nomad )
With a fleet of Kaladesh vehicles, your battlefield becomes a high-octane race
Thats not to say its not unique or interesting, because it has a cool spin on the enchantress archetype, which weve seen at the forefront of Commander 2015s Call the Spirits and Commander 2018s Adaptive Enchantment