Zodiarks overwhelming destruction is a reference to the backstory of Final Fantasy XIV , where the Final Days were averted when the natives of Etheirys wiped out half of their civilization to create Zodiark
Thats a lot of potential card draw for one slot, and its very reminiscent of other effective card draw tools like Deep Analysis
Its not something you should expect, but its a nice bonus if lucks on your side
Ancestral Recall and Dark Ritual are incredibly overpowered and find themselves way out-of-line for what could be printed today
Captain Hook also gathers one Lore point when Questing, so, even though hes not exactly the strongest card, hes certainly not bad given that he costs just 1 Ink to get him on your side
Endless Ranks of the Dead is one of those cards that people remember fondly from that set, so much so that a card was printed that had a fairly direct reference to it in its art