I think the goal of adding black was giving players access to a plethora of sacrifice effects to make use of the recurring nature of other phoenixes
Recently weve also seen a surge of Textless Promos in the form of special treatments for the Headliner cards of the most recent sets, such as The Soul Stone, Sothera, the Supervoid or Traveling Chocobo
Thematic Design Inspired by the Sultai Shard The Sultai Way in MTG is defined by its combination of black, blue, and green mana, representing themes of manipulation, knowledge, and ruthless ambition
Its one of the stranger entries on this list and was changed for international release
To make matters worse (or better, depending on your viewpoint), Agent Frank Horrigan is indestructible on attacks, making it well worth your 7-mana investment
One of the things that has remained constant is the design on the back of Magic: The Gathering cards for obvious reasons, namely that you need to ensure that no matter what set a Magic card is from, it should be completely indistinguishable from any other card in a deck