The main reasons I felt comfortable purchasing them were: The cards feel authentic (surface texture and typical stiffness/flex) The 1st Edition stamp does not appear to be printed on top of the card All four cards passed a basic light test (using my iPhone 15 flashlight) From the side, the cards show an authentic-looking layered core (greyblackgrey) The text on all cards is crisp and clean HP font, lack of shadow (shadowless), copyright line (including dates), energy symbol placement, etc
The mechanic is meant to represent the celestial bodies that represent the gods of Theros and show the bond between the divine and mortal realms of the Greek-inspired plane
This allowed us to curate a much more balanced out-of-the-box experience than the original Archenemy , which called upon players to construct the three teammate decks themselves
Every turn, you get to add a +1/+1 counter to any creature, slowly helping to pump your team or to start punching through with a solitary attacker
Of course, if you want to hit hard with Greven, you can do that too
Teysa affects a creature's own "when this creature dies" triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that creature dies