When it comes to silver-bordered cards, its not always immediately evident which ones are babies and which ones are bathwater, and when someone asks whether they can play their silver-bordered Commander deck, its often met with groans and eye rolls
Darksteel s mistakes influenced Champions of Kamigawa big time, making the set a lot safer and somewhat uninteresting in power level, and balance only returned in the original Ravnica , but thats a story for other articles
Its vital to note that part of the power comes from snowballing instants and sorceries that make tokens: A small Awaken the Woods enables a large Gelatinous Genesis, which in turn makes a larger Sylvan Offering, and so on
Blazing Archon and Platinum Angel were worse against most things, as you die if they are removed, but I would probably want one against Merfolk because Elesh Norn is never killing their team, and Bridge is not reliable due to Cursecatcher
Concept to Commander
If your Full Art card looks hard to read on screen, it will not magically become easier in print