This resurgence is driven not only by its striking and powerful card designs but also by rising anticipation for potential Unova-themed content in future games or expansions
Second, it allows you to hit important power/toughness breakpoints in creature mirrors
These cards featured alternate colors and unique artwork for the featured Pokmon, and they also offered a competitive advantage in that they had better stats and could use Energy-type attacks multiple times
So, when you want to symbolize the colors of mana in full-art basic lands, well Richard Garfield had come up with some pretty great symbol designs back in 1993
Unleash monstrous Krakens, draw extra cards to fuel your strategies, and take over your opponents' army with an unstoppable wave of power
or a Double Rainbow Foil Serialized Elven, Dwarven, or Human "Sol Ring" card