They spend a good chunk of the game catching frogs in Qu's Marsh (there's even a golden frog sidequest), while their main battle ability is actually "Eat" - consuming weakened enemies to learn Blue Magic (enemy skills)
Basil also has a passive ability allowing the player to pay a cost of one when inking a card, which will make an opponent discard a card
From what I understand, Disney wanted to steer clear of that association in the initial release, especially as many children could/would be attending prereleases
However, MTG x FF products seem to be priced much like LotR , if not with higher pricetags overall, for a set that is not premium and is supposed to be Standard-legal
There is no first edition, its just a completionist thing
Of course, this is based only the dual-Ink cards in the Starter Decks, and this issue may be resolved once the full set releases and more cards are available