The best payoffs are ones that put counters on themselves (like Tellah, Great Sage and The Emperor of Palamecia) for casting expensive noncreature spells to make them bigger combat threats
I feel like the technology of the transform-into-saga-creature cards from Final Fantasy are perhaps the peak of Legendary Transform designs, and I hope (and believe) well see a lot more of this in the future
Populate and cards like Phantom General demonstrated that we were becoming more comfortable with tokens being an evergreen part of the game
Disney collector cards offer something for everyonenostalgia for fans, gameplay for enthusiasts, and real value for investors
Powerful counterspells like Mana Drain or Narsets Reversal, board clears like Perplexing Test or Evacuation, card filtering like Dig Through Time or Frantic Search, raw card draw through Blue Suns Zenith or Commanders Insight these only just scratch the surface of what a Merchants Scroll can do to reinforce your hand and available options
If you have one, the ability resolves