From 8640 packs of Surging and 1260 packs of Prismatic, the odds that the two have equal pull rates are around .15% (Z=3.17), so yes, the difference is significant and is very likely not just a lucky batch
Even fallen empires can rise again if you fine-tune your deck construction
Just put a clean card inside the sleeve, and you don't have to worry about your card getting dirty or torn
New class pet? Illustrated by Manuel Castan Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
My recommendation is to follow these instructions: 1-20 Sleeve and store in a side-loading binder 20-100 Sleeve, toploader, and secure storage 100+ Sleeve, toploader, and dedicated secure storage Grails / highly valuable cards Sleeve, toploader, and eventually a graded slab If you dont have a standard transparent penny sleeve at hand, every modern ETB offers a selection of sleeves
Just because these cards would be good, however, doesnt mean Wizards should print them, however