If we go down this path every two months and rearrange all the pieces of a system that has been overall quite successful thus far, it's going to erode people's ability to learn the system properly
No descriptive/lore text makes me a little sad, but instead we got a cool portrait of Blaine's face where that text would've gone so who can complain right
To prevent Standard from becoming stale with the same top tier decks and fix imbalanced cards without having to ban them, these cards have been rebalanced for the Alchemy and Historic formats
A thin laminated layer emphasizes the colors even more and above all, protects the card surface and makes the token itself more durable
But while they may look similar, there is a ton of variation around what these effects actually do, and the differences are barely visible on the surface
She also makes Artifacts and Enchantments that trigger upon entry and death much better, like Ichor Wellspring, Hopeless Nightmare, Mephitic Draught, and Mycosynth Wellspring