Midnight Duelist

Flavor vs Simplicity

There are so many super simple vanilla cards in each set; why aren't more of them given "trinket text" to use them as a chance for more flavor? I think cards like Midnight Duelist are more flavorful than cards like Sanctuary Cat, and still would be in non-tribal sets.

Because trinket text defeats the point of no text - to be super simple.

Cat Flavor Kindred / Typal Midnight Duelist Sanctuary Cat Vanilla

Card Power Ebb

A couple of cards in Avacyn Restored are "strictly superior" (as always, we need quotes here because no card is always superior to another in all circumstances in Magic) to others in Dark Ascension, even at the same rarity. I'm thinking of Zealous Strike > Skillful Lunge, and Midnight Duelist > Sanctuary Cat. Is the reasoning here that Avacyn Restored won't be played with Dark Ascension in Limited, so this is okay? It's hard to avoid comparisons when the cards are within the same block.

To make a trading card game work, there is going to be an ebb and flow of card power. I get that it’s more noticeable when it’s in the same block, but as the sets weren’t going to be drafted together and the cards in question are more limited cards, we felt that it would be okay.

Avacyn Restored Cat Dark Ascension Limited Midnight Duelist Power Level Rarity Sanctuary Cat Skillful Lunge Zealous Strike

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