Spirit Away

Card Design Space

It was pointed out to me that most of the strongest cards in JOU (Limited and Constructed) are mostly functionally the same as old cards (City of Brass, the Dictates, Oblivion Ring, Honor of the Pure, True Believer, Seraph of Dawn, Splinter Twin, Pyrostatic Pillar, Enchantresses Presence, Mesmeric Fiend, Spirit Away, etc) Is this a sign that MTG is running out of design space, or that development is less willing to push unfamiliar effects?

It means that the known cards are the easiest to gauge the power level of. The untraditional powerful card will take longer for players to find.

City of Brass Constructed Design Space Honor of the Pure Limited Mesmeric Fiend Oblivion Ring Power Level Pyrostatic Pillar Seraph Spirit Spirit Away Splinter Splinter Twin True Believer

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