The participants often shared their creations throughout the league in the Spice Paradise thread of the Premodern Discord to gather feedback and the positive energy of collaboration is one of my favorite things about organizing the event
They might not be as colourful, or the text might be blurry
The standard bundle is available to pre-order from Amazon or Best Buy
Again assuming its as hard to pull as a Mega Hyper Rare, were looking at a $1000+ card easily here
In the long run, Alchemy is a rotating MTG format, so it will be costly as time goes by, but between the free packs offered and elevated ease of access, putting together a competitive Alchemy deck probably isnt very difficult, especially for Standard and Draft players
Its "Crystal Type" Pok-Body gimmick allowed it to change types based on Energy attachments, which feels very reminiscent of Generation 9s Tera mechanic - something wed only see in Generation 9, 20 years later