Most modern cards follow a predictable pattern: prices spike at release, drop over the following weeks as supply increases, stabilize, and then either gradually decline or (for chase cards) slowly climb as sealed product dries up
I decided early in Future Sight 's design that I wanted a vertical cycle of the three permanent types that hadn't ever had morph (artifacts, enchantments, and landsplaneswalkers were only hinted at in this set)
The Staff is very strong
blue and black aggro-control decks have a good card in common across multiple formats (Kaito, Bane of Nightmares), but the 1-drop enablers, payoffs, and counterspells/removal spells vary greatly
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn can flip into Heliod, the Warped Eclipse, a Phyrexian God that lets you cast spells as though they had flash