For how much Garfield and Magics other core designers didnt yet understand about the future of the game, the reasoning for this was simple, and showed a tremendous amount of foresight: adding more and more cards to a single card pool would, in Garfields own words, collapse the game into complexity and would strongarm players into buying cards they might not want. Hmm
This is just a fun interaction of the sort thats inevitably going to show up as Magic s card pool grows each year
The ritual of opening packs and the anticipation of a rare find create memorable moments that singles cannot replicate
Trading Card Game: Legendary Duelist Season 3 Booster Display Box collects cards for heroes, villains, and heroes-turned-villains, all in one place
There are character cards that can resist this, however theyre all either so weak you wouldnt want to waste the card on them anyway or only good when paired with a specific other card and so arent the most reliable