What we know today as modern rarity began on March 31, 2023, with the English release of Scarlet & Violet, when The Pokmon Company redesigned the entire system and introduced the gold stars that define the current era
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Use Quirions ability to return itself it to your hand and untap the creature
We developed a workflow that asked concept artists and card artists to pull hallmark character designs from Yoshitaka Amanos original (and legendary) concept art, the original FFVI sprites, and the FFVI Pixel Remaster character portraits, to synthesize the most consistent elements of each characters design into something new. We also encouraged our artists to punch up finer details and bsexplore elements where they thought they could push (fabric, patterns, textures, etc.) Then, we would meet with the Final Fantasy VI review team, and they would give us feedback on what core elements they wanted to preserve and what new elements they were excited about. "It's our hope that the [FF6] character designs should feel like how you 'remember' them..." So they had the four games decided, but when it comes to Commander, thats only half the equation WOTC also needed to figure out which characters would lead each deck
Universes Beyond sets like Final Fantasy have the added advantage of being collectibles tied to a hugely popular IP
