It turns out all the best draw effects are used in very different ways by wildly differing decks that are trying to set up their own unique game states
After discussions with Play Design, we then ended up with "2, T: Gain 3 life." Wrapping Up the Story And that, in just over 6,000 words from me across two articles, is how Throne of Eldraine got designed
(If youre wondering, the Witch-kings Nazgl card is the second from the left on the top row, according to senior art director Ovidio Cartagena.) The Witch-king of Angmar card gains Flying as a keyword and increases the Ringwraith leaders power to five and toughness to three, compared to the 1/2 values of a standard Nazgl
I Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature
Theres only one real downside of the format, and thats the MTG Arena version of Jumpstart
That second ability is Xenos Cunning, and it's fantastic