These made sense from two angles: First, these were top-down Egyptian-inspired sets, and d4s look suspiciously like those pointy triangle things everyone associates with Egypt
You get to have the trigger for life loss, they lose a creature, they lose more life, you get a creature back, and then at end of turn you get something good back from your yard
This only has flavor text from Aerith, but again, were gaining some serious value by getting in at a buck plus shipping
On the other end of things, original games such as Flesh and Blood have earned respect among hardcore trading card game enthusiasts looking for an alternative to Magic: The Gathering, but dont necessarily have the familiar characters and welcoming gameplay simplicity needed to bring in brand new players to the world of TCGs
// Bahamut, Warden of Light Legendary Enchantment Creature Saga Dragon 5/5 (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I, II Wings of Light Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control
Shenzi, Head Hynea is the one to keep an eye on for a quick win, but you can also grind out the game with Shenzi, Scar's Accomplice
