You'll find the full developer post over at the official website, but if you're looking for the short version, here's a couple of choice quotes: "To affirm what we talked about back in September, a smarter system that provides what we have dubbed "duplicate protection" is still our top contender, and the current design space we're working with." "Okay, so we have the goals we want to accomplish, we have the problem space, and we have a system that will help us reach these goals
Drawing random cards from a shuffled deck makes gameplay balanced and less predictable and more exciting, but some cards with special abilities, like scry, can skirt the rules a little
But definitely illustrate them beautifully and thats what Wayne Reynolds has done here
Gimli, Counter of Kills goes from a clunky attrition creature to a card that can deal lethal damage as soon as one opposing creature dies
On top of that, the cards featured in Here Be Dragons are powerful to boot including creatures like Inferno of the Star Mounts, Ebondeath, Dracholich, and Old Gnawbone