This preview also confirmed that Magic: The Gathering will be following a mechanical trend that was established by the original Final Fantasy 7
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The decks other character, Cruella De Vil, Miserable as Usual, is a much cheaper card able to be played earlier on, and can force characters off the field when shes banished by returning a character to its players hand - playing into the decks more control-like tendencies
The Crystals depicted on the MTG crossover cards are specifically from Final Fantasy III , which featured a timeline where the four elemental crystals all had dark counterparts (represented solely by The Darkness Crystal)
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Notice that the second part, while limited to your first attack, is not limited per player that's to say, if you manage to hit all three of your opponents during your first attack, you get three extra attacks