Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos is an excellent reason to build a deck around one of MTGs fiercest villains: Phyrexian creatures
Nevertheless, Fourth Edition has several MTG staple cards and mechanics in its rooster, including: An interesting selection of old-school counterspells: besides the counterspellest of them all, Counterspell, Fourth Edition includes two color hosers (Red Elemental Blast and Blue Elemental Blast) that do double-duty as removal, and enchantments like Lifeforce that work as counterspells at interrupt speed (what would nowadays be an instant)
Pay attention to the rosette pattern, the alignment of letters, the color intensity, and the overall crispness
Champions explores legends matters, but does so before the advent of Commander would have given us a bunch of useful Commanders
A lot of modern Magic mechanics are parasitic in nature, only playing well with a critical mass of peers