Banishing Knack

Reprinting Decisions

How is the decision between reprinting and functionally reprinting a card made? E.g., Retraction Helix and Banishing Knack.

It’s a combination of does the creative work in the new world and how much equity does the audience have in the original card.

Banishing Knack Card Printing Reprints Retraction Helix

Functional Reprints Reasoning

While i understand functional/semi-functional reprints for the sake of flavor (Lightning Strike, Gorgon's Head), Why make functional reprints when both the original card and the new card have no flavor tie with any block (Deglame/Unravel the Aether and Retraction Helix/Banishing Knack)?

The new cards do have a flavor tie.

Banishing Knack Card Printing Flavor Gorgon Gorgon's Head Lightning Strike Reprints Retraction Helix Unravel the Aether

Banisher Terminology

You say you wouldn't have named a creature that unsummons other creatures "Banisher." I think you forget that, since Dark Banishing back in Ice Age, a host of cards have used "banish" with the flavor of either bouncing or putting the creature back into the library. Examples of bouncing include Banishing Knack and Surrakar Banisher.

Three wrongs don’t make a right.

Banishing Knack Creatures Dark Banishing Flavor Ice Age Surrakar Surrakar Banisher The Library

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