This was a pretty big advancement for creature tokens because it meant they were being used not just in individual card design, but in large set structure design
Unlike Bant decks, we have limited protection in black
Bloodbraid Challenger is close enough to Bloodbraid Elf to not stain the name, and at a mana value one greater, with the ability to escape, the Challenger hits differently and I'm OK with that
In Japanese Set and Draft Boosters, each time you get a Mystical Archive card, it is a 50% split of being either the global version (printed in the Japanese language) or the Japanese alternate-art version (which is always exclusively in Japanese language)
Even among the special units only Ramza, Cloud, and Orlandou are exceptions, with the first two having the female MP/MA bonus in addition to their male HP/PA bonus, and the latter having one of the few classes that increases your magical power growth when leveling up, which makes them the only ones naturally good at fulfilling a physical/magical hydrid role
and reanimation targets like Valgavoth, Ardyn the Usurper, and Bringer of the Last Gift