While real-world quotes were eventually phased out in the early 2010s, there had been another, perhaps odder trend going on in early Magic : one word flavor text
On a basic level, you can flash in Gatta and Luzzu and block something big while targeting itself, and you suddenly have a huge creature
Magic: the Gathering Artist Proofs (AP) are highly-collectible cards that have a white back and are issued to the artists in very low numbers
Early Play Design feedback indicated this wasn't working for that format, so we went back to the drawing board to try and find the best of both worlds
For Keruga, the Macrosage, that constraint is not including any one- or two-cost cards in your deck
At the beginning of the next end step, if the player hasnt played the card, he or she puts it into his or her graveyard