As for Orcish Spy, as cool as it is to view somebodys library, Id rather have cards that let me do something about those cards
Casting non-creature spells with a cost of three or more while Yshtola is in play causes each of your opponents to lose two life while you gain two in return
I think it made the work much more personal to myself, which is always a strong connection for an artist when working for a project with such a grand amount of worldbuilding already behind it
Both Latias and Latios are Pokemon that deeply value emotions
It's a little awkward that this is just worse than Swarm Intelligence, a mono-colored card, but this being multicolored itself has some merits in decks that care about that
You do have to add a +1/+1 counter on it to do so, but as Ive said prior counters are a bounty these days so I dont think that will be a problem