restricting the spells your opponents can cast and the creatures they block with is unique
As the first set of any trading card game, supply was not able to meet the overwhelming demand of the game, making sealed products tough to find at local game stores at launch
But the real anti-casting cards in Gruul have to be the artifact and land destruction
Removing a creature is pretty potent, so the design team decided to make it a one-time thing and turned it into an enters-the-battlefield trigger
Disappear At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, put three +1/+1 counters on up to one other target artifact or creature
From playing with the heroes such as Yuna, Wakka, and Auron, to even finding uses for the minor moments such as the traveling shopkeeper Oaka constantly asking you for money (though in MTG hes after your counters to exchange for drawing more cards)