As well as the shelves laden with junk (sorry, treasures ), Eng draws our attention to something more ominous: the "dark inky tendrils on the sides and lower area" of the artwork
The problem is that a Jeskai commander isnt in the best colors when it comes to giving poison counters to your opponents outside of Prologue
So, the cards that are most expensive tend to be a mix of the ones that look the best and those of the highest rarities
This effect activates once per turn, for four of your Standby Phases (counting this as the first)
That mechanic is a throughline for Magic gods, not FINAL FANTASY ones, and it was a real bummer for Hydaelyn to have a downside when you needed to spend seven mana to flip her
So while the card pool they have to fall back on is not going to perform anywhere near as well, they're only one or two overcooked cards away from bouncing right back into the pack