CRIMINALLY COOL CARDS Every pack contains 6 alt-border cards, including at least 3 Breaking News cardsreprints that report a spellcasting crime with frontpage news-style frames
They're a really-not-new-at-this-point-but-maybe-new-to-you twist on double-faced cardsrather than transform, these cards let you play either of their two faces
Man-o'-War (Mirage/Visions/Weatherlight) Undo and Man-o'-War were often seen together in packs, and players debated which was better: the sorcery which took out two creatures, or the 2/2 creature which took out one
Play low-cost Characters from your hand, accept combat hits to cycle Life cards into favorable positions, and use search effects to arrange your Life so the top card is a Supernova when you want to trigger
In Commander, you can use the Instant to ramp, remove an artifact or as a Shock
Crafting this is easy though, and the recursive ability gives you an expensive loop for grinding through the lategame