So while you pay a bit more in total to destroy an artifact, you get the flexibility of a 1-drop creature, and the option to cantrip this into ramp
Mishra makes tokens of a noncreature artifact you control on your combat step, turning it into a Mishra's Warform and giving it 4/4 stats and haste
Richard Garfield was busy designing other games, but from time to time, I was able to convince him to join a Magic design team, usually ones I was leading
Its downside is that it cannot answer expensive things well, and you need to be multi-coloured to take advantage of it, but in both Modern and Legacy that isnt an issue as expensive cards arent played as much and most decks are naturally multi-coloured due to the manabases available in these formats
You gain life equal to its power
A second Final Fantasy set could help tie up any loose ends from the first one, and there's at least one other good reason why Wizards of the Coast should consider making more