This on top of black white having little card quality of its own means you cannot have too many cards that do nothing for your position but cost you a valuable card
Azusa, Lost but Seeking $30 Azusa wasnt worth half this much until late February, when Matthias Hunts Amulet Combo deck showed up on a Pro Tour stream
Perfect in my Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor deck where Im sacrificing multiple artifacts as part of a single activation, then returning them to my hand, ready to be re-cast and sacrificed for value on the following turn
Theyre also very uncommon in black, aside from cards like Dark Deal
Of course, they weren't just rewards for participating in the Closed Beta, they were also physical cards in Guilds of Ravnica Mythic Edition , alongside five other gorgeous planeswalkers
Magics lead designer Mark Rosewater explains in his Making Magic: Starting With a Good Foundations article that there were several goals for the Foundations Starter Collection: encouraging deckbuilding, promoting Magics potential for depth, providing players with key cards, and showcasing a wide variety of playstyles