Its true game was beginning to boom - the first run of 2.5 million cards - meant to last through all of 1993 - sold out almost immediately at Gen-Con
I do recognize that Ive got a heavy heaping of bias, through
1 Sephiroth's Intervention One of Gaming's Most Pivotal Moments The moment forever written in not only Final Fantasy history, but gaming history as a whole
My particular favourite is Yunas Whistle a heartbreaking moment in the game meant to help Tidus find her again even over great distances, but here its used to call a creature from your deck, making you search for it until you hit one and actually being able to call it forth unlike poor Tidus in game Listen to my story The Commander format already lends itself well to the FF setting being a multiplayer version of the game so it feels a lot like forming a party with an unlikely band of heroes and dealing with some particularly vicious villains
A few promotional cards were distributed to promote Magic and the release of new sets at the time
That goes double for its Enchanted Rare variant, which sees Tink go from simply towering over Hooks pirate ship to picking it up in her enormous hand and staring unimpressed at its crew