A lot of people just appreciate the full artwork on these more than the previous trophy cards awarded at the World Championship tournament." Pratte notes that the first-place card is typically the most valuable, while the third- and fourth-place cards repeat artwork and are less desirable
The alternate commander, Celes, buffs characters with +1 counters if they come back from the graveyard
JP week 1 data confirms Blackbeard, Luffy, and Yamato as S-tier
Also unlike normal banding, bands with other would only work on the defensive if at least two creatures blocking the same attacking creature had the same bands with other ability
Interestingly, not many of my initial designs made it all the way through unmodified, but there are a few cards that are amalgams of pieces of some of those designs
Hydrapple was introduced in Gen 9s The Indigo Disk and is inspired by both hydras and candied apples