While the power level remained modest, the sets focused on thematic cohesion, collector appeal, and a more structured, elegant presentation across the board
All Bloomburrow cards featured at MagicCon Amsterdam Carrot Cake A Food Artifact following on from the token types successful expansion in Tales of Middle Earths Food and Fellowship Commander deck
In addition to that the meta has shifted rather a lot
When grading, you pay for the value of graded cards
Some creatures, like Talus Paladin, have an additional ability tacked onto that one, but its important to note that most keyword abilities are redundant: theres no benefit to a creature having two or three instances of lifelink, vigilance, flying, or most other common effects
You can even control the board with Vona, Butcher of Magan and Font of Agonies