We want cards that make sense. While thats the starting point, he also says they dont want to spend a lot of time and energy putting gorgeous, amazing art on cards that we dont think anyone would ever want to do anything with, meaning playability is also a factor to some degree
Compared to most other attempts at free designs in Magic history, the X-cost caveat is an absolute masterstroke, adding an important wrinkle for deck builders which still leads to usefulness both in fair decks and less fair ones
Most typically found in white equipment heavy decks where having some equipment come with bodies drastically improves the consistency of the deck
Token Creature Nightmare Common Raymond Swanland 1/1 NOT LEGAL Standard NOT LEGAL Future NOT LEGAL Historic NOT LEGAL Timeless NOT LEGAL Gladiator NOT LEGAL Pioneer NOT LEGAL Explorer NOT LEGAL Modern NOT LEGAL Legacy NOT LEGAL Pauper NOT LEGAL Vintage NOT LEGAL Penny NOT LEGAL Commander NOT LEGAL Oathbreaker NOT LEGAL Standardbrawl NOT LEGAL Brawl NOT LEGAL Alchemy NOT LEGAL Pauper Commander NOT LEGAL Duel NOT LEGAL Oldschool NOT LEGAL Premodern NOT LEGAL Predh At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put into exile this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Buster Sword Buster Sword is pretty busted. Voltron creatures and strategies want to attack for a lot of damage, and with this sword, you get a card and a payoff based on the damage dealt
Only cards that can be played at sorcery speed have the suspend keyword, which means you can only suspend at sorcery speed