A total of five cards were banned and another two unbanned across five different tournament formats, far more than the average for one announcement
I have a pet theory, but basically back when Wizards was working on designing this release, I feel like there might have been a last minute issue with getting the original background designs from Japansuch as they had certain card elements baked in which didnt give Wizards any flexability to design cardsand so instead of waiting for updated card graphics to be sent from Japan (afterall, this was in the early years of the internet when speeds werent so hot), Wizards graphic designers simply used what they had and copied-and-pasted the clean card elements over the baked in elements its a bit messy, but honestly NO ONE noticed it for over two decades, so clearly it did the job it needed to do
Fifth, import and handling
With the growing interest in trading cards, more collectors are turning to local spots to find something unique, or even that one card theyve been chasing for years
There is an occasional exception to that as a few of the APs remaining from very early editions were signed with a silver pen
With a bit more support this deck will be concerning